Mortgage rates had a mixed showing last week. They started out high before improving through Thursday. Finally, they took a step back up on Friday. Now at the start of the new week, the upward momentum is continuing. [30 year fixed 3.21%]Tuesday:
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• At 8:30 AM ET, Housing Starts for September. The consensus is for 1.620 million SAAR, up from 1.615 million SAAR.