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U.S. Mortgage Rates Will Tumble to Four-Decade Low

(Bloomberg) -- Freddie Mac, the world's second-largest buyer of home loans, said the average U.S. fixed mortgage rate in 2008 probably will tumble more than three-quarters of a percentage point to the lowest in at least 45 years. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage will fall to 5.5 percent from 6.3 percent last year, the McLean, Virginia-based company said in a forecast today. That would be the lowest annual average in records that go back to 1963.