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Home Loan Rate Trends Fixed-Rate Mortgages Reach 12-Month Low The combination of cooling inflation and slower global economic growth led mortgage rates to drift down to the lowest levels in a year. While housing activity has clearly softened over the last nine months … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Feb 14, 2019 […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Drop The U.S. economy remains on solid ground, inflation is contained and the threat of higher short-term rates is fading from view, which has allowed mortgage rates to drift down to their lowest level in 10 months … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Feb 7, 2019 […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Tick Up Purchase applications were down this week after soaring early in the year. However, softening house price appreciation along with increasing inventory of homes on the market … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jan 31, 2019 30-Year FRM 15-Year FRM 5-Year ARM Average Rate 4.46 3.89 […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Hold Steady Weaker manufacturing data and a more dovish tone from the Federal Reserve left mortgage rates unchanged relative to last week. However, interest rate-sensitive sectors of the economy – such as consumer mortgage demand … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jan 17, 2019 30-Year FRM […]

Home Loan Rate Trends New Year Brings Lower Rates Mortgage rates declined to start the new year with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dipping to 4.51 percent. Low mortgage rates combined with decelerating home price growth should get prospective homebuyers … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Jan 3, 2019 30-Year FRM 15-Year FRM […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Move Slightly The response to the recent decline in mortgage rates is already being felt in the housing market. After declining for six consecutive months, existing home sales finally rose in October and November and are essentially … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Dec 20, 2018 […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Pull Back Mortgage rates declined this week amid a steep sell-off in U.S. stocks. This week’s rate reaction to the volatile stock market is a welcome relief to prospective homebuyers who have recently experienced … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Dec 6, 2018 30-Year FRM 15-Year […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Pull Back The downward spiral in oil prices and a volatile equities market caused mortgage rates to decline 13 basis points to 4.81 percent, the largest weekly drop since January 2015. Mortgage rates are the lowest since … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Nov 21, 2018 […]