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To learn more about the rise and fall in mortgage demand, stay tuned for the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey releasing on Thursday. Here's what else is happening in the week ahead.

This week the Federal Housing Market Committee will have its last meeting of the year. See if a rate hike is on the horizon and what else is expected in The Week Ahead.

Sam Khater, Chief Economist at Freddie Mac, examined how rising interest rates are influencing the market, with a handy loan-type breakdown.

Rates on 30-year and 15-year FRMs, as well as those on five-year ARMs, have dropped slightly since last week, remaining within two basis points for the past three weeks.

It has been said that what goes up must come down, and the latest trajectory of mortgage rates seems to be proving that theory correct.