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After weeks of moderating, mortgage rates moved up slightly this week. But aspiring home buyers may be able to breathe a sigh of relief: Freddie Mac economists revised their forecasts this week to predict 30-year fixed-rate mortgages to average below the 5 percent threshold for at least the next two years.<\/p>\n

That will bode well for the housing market, which has become very rate sensitive. With mortgage rates slightly up this week, purchase applications for mortgages fell this week after soaring early this year, notes Sam Khater, Freddie Mac\u2019s chief economist.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, softening house price appreciation along with increasing inventory of homes on the market\u2014and historically low mortgage rates\u2014should give a boost to the spring home buying season,\u201d Khater says.<\/p>\n

The following are the national averages with mortgage rates for the week ending Jan. 31:<\/p>\n