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US fixed 30-year mortgage rate jumps to 7.12%, MBA says

The ‌rate on the most popular US home loan rose last week to its highest in more than two years, after the Federal Reserve lifted short-term interest rates to ​combat inflation, and rising oil prices drove up Treasury yields that ​underpin residential borrowing costs.

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