The average rate for a conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped from 4.12 to 4.23 percent over the past week, the highest rate since the beginning of May and the biggest one-week increase since the beginning of the year. Speculation that the Federal Reserve might start raising rates sooner than expected... Read More »

The average rate for a conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ticked up a nominal 2 basis points, from 4.10 percent to 4.12 percent, over the past week.  With little movement over the past three months, the 30-year rate remains near its 62-week low, having last dropped below 4.10 percent in June... Read More »

The average rate for a conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has ticked down to 4.10 percent, the lowest rate since October of 2013 when it last dipped to 4.10 percent for a week. Averaging around 6.7 percent over the past twenty years, the 30-year rate hit  a three-year high of 4.58... Read More »

The average rate for a conforming 30-year mortgage ticked down to 4.12 percent over the past week, matching the 2014 low last recorded in May and the lowest rate since October of 2013 when it dipped to 4.10 percent. Averaging around 6.7 percent over the past twenty years, the 30-year rate... Read More »

Having forecast the average rate for 30-year fixed mortgages would begin rising in the second half of 2014 and end the year at “around 4.6 percent” as of two months ago, Freddie Mac lowered their forecast today and now expects the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate to end the... Read More »

According to Freddie Mac’s “Multi-Indicator Market Index,” the U.S. housing market remains weak despite improving employment, declining delinquencies, attractive mortgage rates and home price gains, but conditions have improved year-over-year. Of the top 50 metropolitan areas in the U.S., only San Antonio, Houston, Austin, and New Orleans were considered... Read More »