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Mortgage rates have dropped to a 10-month low, The Wall Street Journal reports , down to 6.56 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate loan. Borrowing costs have been steadily declining for the last 12 weeks based on expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut the key interest rate in September. More than 2 million homeowners could save money by refinancing, an increase from the 1.7 million estimated at the end of July, according to ICE Mortgage Technology. The 30-year m

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