Fixed mortgage rates slid for the seventh consecutive week, but the lowest rates of the year have done little to lift the struggling housing market.
Most people are unable to take advantage of the lowest mortgage rates because they can’t meet tougher lending requirements. And those who could afford to refinance likely did so last year, when rates fell to the lowest levels in decades.
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