This week’s sharp increase in mortgage rates — the biggest one-week leap in 26 years — won’t likely be repeated, but a long era of historically low rates may be over.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose to 4.46%, the highest in almost two years, and up from under 4% the week before.

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