What the March Fed hike means for mortgage rates
The Federal Reserve stayed the course on inflation. What will happen to homebuyers now?
Suzanne De Vita is a senior editor on Bankrate’s Home Lending team, focusing on mortgage and real estate topics for homebuyers, homeowners, investors and renters.
Before joining Bankrate, Suzanne was the senior online editor at RISMedia and Real Estate magazine, where her newsletter work was recognized by the National Association of Real Estate Editors. Prior to that, she was a content and PR strategist for a home staging firm and an art teacher. She is also a Chicken Soup for the Soul contributor and storyteller.
Outside of contributing to her team at Bankrate, Suzanne spends time with her family, dog-ears cookbooks, fills out crosswords in ink and practices yoga.
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