Over the last year, mortgage rates have proven to be highly volatile. Many analysts and commentators even blame the recent rise in rates for stalling the still-fragile housing recovery. In the third quarter of this year, for example, mortgage giants like Wells Fargo (WFC -0.26%) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM 1.44%) saw mortgage origination volumes plummet by double-digit margins -- Wells Fargo's by nearly 30% compared to the second quarter and JPMorgan's by almost 20%. In the video below, Motley Fool contributor John Maxfield discusses where he thinks rates are headed from here.
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