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Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Down but Holding at Over 6%

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Ticks Down but Holding at Over 6%

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 10 basis points (0.10 percentage points) over the past week to 6.32 percent. Or as we outlined last week, “the average 30-year rate should drop around 10-20 basis points over the next week but remain over 6 percent.” As... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops, Poised to Tick Down

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops, Poised to Tick Down

Measured prior to yesterday’s quarter-point rate hike by the Fed, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage had dropped another 18 basis points (0.18 percentage points) over the past week to 6.42 percent but remained 200 basis points, or roughly 45 percent, higher than at the same time... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits 6.5 Percent, Poised to Rise

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Hits 6.5 Percent, Poised to Rise

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 18 basis points (0.18 percentage points) over the past week to 6.50 percent, which is 261 basis points, or nearly 70 percent, higher than at the same time last year and 385 basis points, or nearly 150 percent,... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Keeps Ticking Up

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Keeps Ticking Up

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked up another 20 basis points (0.20 percentage points) over the past week to 6.32 percent, which is 240 basis points higher than at the same time last year and 367 basis points, or nearly 140 percent, higher than its all-time... Read More »

Mortgage Rates Inch Up, Odds of Rate Hikes As Well

Having briefly slipped under 6 percent, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched back up to 6.12 percent over the past week as the fed confirmed expectations for at least one more rate hike, and more likely two, over the next quarter, moves that shouldn’t catch any... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Slip Under 6 Percent, But…

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Poised to Slip Under 6 Percent, But…

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage inched down another 4 basis points (0.04 percentage points) over the past week to 6.09 percent and is currently poised to slip back under 6 percent next week with the 10-year treasury rate having ticked down around 10 basis points following... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to a 4-Month Low, But…

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to a 4-Month Low, But…

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage dropped 18 basis points (0.18 percentage points) over the past week to 6.15 percent, which is the lowest average rate in fourth months but still 250 basis points, or 73 percent, higher than at the same time last year; over 350... Read More »

Mortgage Rates Inch Up, Odds of More Rate Hikes As Well

Mortgage Rates Inch Up, Odds of More Rate Hikes As Well

While mortgage application volume dropped to a quarter century low at the end of 2022, despite a pullback in mortgage rates in the fourth quarter of last year, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched up another 6 basis points (0.06 percentage points) to 6.48... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to 6.49 Percent, But…

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops to 6.49 Percent, But…

The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage ticked down 9 basis points (0.09 percentage points) over the past week to 6.49 percent, which is only 109 percent higher than at the same time last year and 145 percent higher than last year’s all-time low of 2.65 percent. That... Read More »

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops, But…

Benchmark Mortgage Rate Drops, But…

Buoyed by a slowdown in the pace of inflation, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage dropped 47 basis points over the past week to 6.61 percent but is facing headwinds as the Fed is expected to continue raising rates over the next couple of quarters, likely by... Read More »