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Rates on 30-year loans fall below 5 percent

The average rate fell to 4.98 percent from 5.03 percent a week earlier, mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday. Rates had hovered below 5 percent for nearly a month until inching upward recently. Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

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