Monday, July 28, 2014

Mortgage Rates Hover Near Yearly Lows

Fixed-rate mortgages remained mostly unchanged this week, with borrowing costs just slightly above their lows for 2014, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey.
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Freddie Mac reports the following national averages with mortgage rates for the week ending July 24:
  • 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 4.13 percent, with an average 0.6 point, unchanged from last week. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 4.31 percent.
  • 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.26 percent, with an average 0.6 point, rising from last week’s 3.23 percent average. A year ago, 15-year rates averaged 3.39 percent.
  • 5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 2.99 percent, with an average 0.5 point, rising from last week’s 2.97 percent average. Last year at this time, 5-year ARMs averaged 3.16 percent.
  • 1-year ARMs: averaged 2.39 percent, with an average 0.4 point, unchanged from last week. A year ago, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.65 percent.
Source: Freddie Mac


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