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Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Drop Despite the economic slowdown due to weakening manufacturing and corporate investment, the consumer side of the economy remains on solid ground. The fifty-year low in the unemployment rate combined with low mortgage rates has led to increased homebuyer … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Jump Despite the rise in mortgage rates, economic data improved this week — particularly housing activity, which gained momentum with a noticeable rise in purchase demand and new construction. Homebuyers flocked to lenders with purchase applications … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Sep 19, 2019 […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Generally Hold Steady Mortgage rates inched up slightly this week, closing the month with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate averaging 3.6 percent – almost a full percent lower from the same time last year. Low mortgage rates along with … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Drop Significantly There is a tug of war in the financial markets between weaker business sentiment and consumer sentiment. Business sentiment is declining on negative trade and manufacturing headlines, but consumer sentiment … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Aug 8, 2019 30-Year FRM 15-Year FRM […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Near Three-Year Lows Mortgage rates continued to hover near three-year lows and purchase application demand has responded, rising steadily over the last two months to the highest year-over-year change since the fall of 2017 … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jul 25, 2019 30-Year FRM […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Head Up Mortgage rates moved higher after remaining at around the same level for about three weeks. The rise in rates was driven by continued improvement in consumer spending and partly due to … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jul 18, 2019 30-Year FRM 15-Year […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Remain Stable The recent stabilization in mortgage rates reflects modestly improving U.S. economic data and a more accommodative tone from the Federal Reserve to respond to the rising downside economic risk from trade tensions … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jul 11, 2019 30-Year FRM […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Drop While the industrial and trade related economic data continues to dominate the news, the drop in mortgage rates over the last two months is already being felt in the housing market … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jun 27, 2019 30-Year FRM 15-Year FRM […]