Further MBS purchases by the Fed won’t engineer the same drop in mortgage interest rates that earlier rounds did, and with mortgage-dependent buyers playing a relatively marginal role in the housing recovery, any drop in rates won’t have a great effect anyway. But to the extent that the portfolio balance effect triggers additional direct investment in housing, the sector will benefit.
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