Having spiked last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since shed 15 basis points for an average rate of 3.50 percent, which is 56 basis points (0.56 percent) below its mark at the same time last year, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey... Read More »
Having inched up from an all-time low of 3.29 percent to 3.36 percent last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since jumped another 29 basis points (0.29 percentage points) to 3.65 percent but remains 63 basis points below its mark at the same time last... Read More »
Having already rolled out an emergency rate cut of 50 basis points two weeks ago, the Federal Reserve has just announced an even larger cut of a full percentage point (100 basis points), resulting in a target federal funds rate of zero to 0.25 percent (which the Fed expects... Read More »
Having dropped to an all-time low of 3.29 percent last week, the average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has since inched up 7 basis points to 3.36 percent but remains 95 basis points below its mark at the same time last year and well below an average of... Read More »
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage dropped 16 basis points over the past week to a new all-time low of 3.29 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey data and which shouldn’t have caught any plugged-in readers by surprise. At the same time, the average... Read More »
The average rate for a benchmark 30-year mortgage has dropped back down to the 3-year low of 3.45 percent it hit three weeks ago, which is within 14 basis points (0.14 percentage points) of the all-time low it hit in November of 2012 and 90 basis points below its... Read More »
Having dropped to a 3-year low two weeks ago, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has since inched up 4 basis points to 3.49 percent but remains 86 basis points (0.86 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last year and within 0.18 percentage points of... Read More »
Having dropped another 6 basis points over the past week, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage is now down to 3.45 percent, which is 96 basis points (0.96 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last year and the lowest average rate since the fourth quarter... Read More »
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped another 9 basis points over the past week to 3.51 percent, which is 95 basis points (0.95 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last year, the lowest average rate in five months, and within 11 basis points of... Read More »
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage has inched down another 4 basis points over the past two weeks to 3.60 percent, which is 85 basis points (0.85 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last year, a 15-week low and within 20 basis points of a... Read More »
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