Mortgage rates continued higher for the 2nd straight day after hitting the lowest levels in more than 7 months earlier this week. Wednesday's big move lower was a direct result of political headlines relating to potential wrongdoing in communications between Trump and former FBI Director Comey concerning the FBI's investigation into former National Security Advisor Flynn's communication with Russia. Specifically, financial markets perked up when a story broke suggesting that the House Oversight Committee could easily demand these records. The most widely-discussed implication (assuming wrongdoing were to be confirmed) was potential impeachment. Several lawmakers went so far as to make promises to that effect via twitter and other media. What does all this have to do with mortgage rates? Rates
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