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Will Fed action bring down mortgage rates?

The Fed promise to buy at least $200bn of MBS will support liquidity in the market and put some downward pressure on mortgage interest rates. But mortgage rates are also being pushed higher by lender caution and capacity constraints, with enforced home working not helping the latter. We therefore doubt the 30-year mortgage rate will drop much below 3.3% over the next few weeks.

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