The average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped 9 basis points over the past week and now measures 3.66 percent, which is 3 basis points lower than two weeks ago, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey. As such, the 30-year rate is now 115 basis points (1.15... Read More »
As we expected, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage dropped 9 basis points over the past week and now measures 3.69 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey. And as such, the 30-year rate is now 125 basis points (1.25 percentage points) below its mark at... Read More »
The average rate for a 30-year mortgage inched up another 3 basis points over the past week to 3.78 percent but remains 105 basis points (1.05 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last year, according to Freddie Mac’s latest Mortgage Market Survey. And while the average... Read More »
As predicted, the Federal Reserve just cut the benchmark Federal Funds rate by another 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points), the third such rate cut this year. Having dropped its benchmark rate a total of 5 percentage points between August of 2007 and the end of 2008, a move... Read More »
Having jumped 12 basis points last week, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has since ticked up another 6 basis points and now measures 3.75 percent. That being said, the average 30-year rate remains 111 basis points (1.11 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last... Read More »
Having ticked down 16 basis points since mid-September, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage jumped 12 basis points over the past week and now measures 3.69 percent. That being said, the average 30-year rate remains 116 basis points (1.16 percentage points) below its mark at the same time... Read More »
Having jumped 17 basis points in mid-September, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has since shed 16 basis points and dropped back down to 3.57 percent, which is 133 basis points, 1.33 percentage points or 27 percent below its mark at the same time last year (and within... Read More »
Having jumped 17 basis points last week, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has since shed 9 basis points and now measures 3.64 percent, which is 108 basis points (1.08 percentage points) below its mark at the same time last year and back to within 23 basis points... Read More »
Having started to inch up last week, the average rate for a 30-year mortgage has since jumped another 17 basis to 3.73 percent but remains 92 basis points below its mark at the same time last year and within 32 basis points of a three/six-year low. At the same... Read More »
As predicted, the Federal Reserve just cut the benchmark Federal Funds rate by another 25 basis points (0.25 percentage points), the second such cut this year. Having dropped its benchmark rate a total of 5 percentage points between August of 2007 and the end of 2008, a move which... Read More »
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