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Treasury mulls plan to lower mortgage rates to 4.5%

Lobbyists are pushing the Treasury Department to consider a plan to purchase mortgage-backed securities in the hopes of driving mortgage rates to as low as 4.5%, an industry source said.<img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/rss/money_latest/~4/PNgYX73Vk48" height="1" width="1"/>