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Mortgage rates are most closely tied to 10 year treasuries.
Fed funds rate tends to affect short term teaser rates on ARMs.
Long term ARM rate is often tied to prime rate or LIBOR, both of which I heard have been rising in recent days in response to credit crunch.
10 year treasury rates have been dropping lately.
