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Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Drop, Making Homebuying Less Costly Mortgage rates declined decisively this week amid various market reports, a strong bond auction and further uncertainty around the Brexit deal, which all contributed to driving bond yields lower … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Mar 14, 2019 30-Year FRM […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Downward Mortgage Rate Trend Ends While mortgage rates very modestly rose to 4.41 percent this week, they remain below year-ago levels for the fourth week in a row. In late 2018, mortgage rates rose over a full percentage point from … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Mar […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Barely Move Mortgage rates remained mostly unchanged this week, while mortgage applications rose 5.3 percent from the previous week. The general decline in rates we have seen recently, combined with … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Feb 28, 2019 30-Year FRM 15-Year FRM 5-Year ARM Average […]

Home Loan Rate Trends Mortgage Rates Head Even Lower Mortgage rates fell for the third consecutive week, continuing the general downward trend that began late last year. Wages are growing on par with home prices for the first time in years, and with more … Learn more Primary Mortgage Market Survey® by Freddie Mac Feb 21, […]

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 […]