Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates: Jan. 24, 2019
Fredddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates: Dec. 6, 2018
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Tick Up
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage barely inched up this week, continuing the summer trend of essentially being flat.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
After dropping earlier this week on trade-related anxiety in financial markets, the benchmark 10-year Treasury stabilized on Wednesday, but at a level slightly lower than from the start of last week. Mortgage rates followed and fell for the second consecutive week.
Mortgage Rates Bounce Back
After dipping slightly last week, Treasury yields surged this week amidst sell-offs in the bond market. The 10-year Treasury yield, for instance, reached its highest point since March of last year. Mortgage rates followed Treasury yields and ticked up modestly across the board. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.99 percent, up 4 basis points from a week ago.
Freddie Mac: Mortgage Rates Drop
Treasury yields fell from a week ago, helping to drive mortgage rates down to start the year. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 4 basis points from a week ago to 3.95 percent in the year’s first survey. Despite increases in short-term interest rates, long-term interest rates remain subdued. The 30-year mortgage rate is down a quarter of a percentage point from where it was a year ago and the spread between the 30-year fixed and 5/1 adjustable rate mortgage is the lowest since 2009.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
The 10-year Treasury yield rose 5 basis points this week while the 30-year mortgage rate dropped 4 basis points to 3.92 percent.
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Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
The 10-year Treasury yield remained relatively flat this week, as did the 30-year mortgage rate which fell 1 basis point to 4.02 percent.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
The 10-year Treasury yield rose about 10 basis points this week.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
The 30-year mortgage rate fell 11 basis points this week to 3.97 percent, dropping below the psychologically-important 4 percent level for the first time since November.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
In a short week following Presidents Day, the 10-year Treasury yield fell about 8 basis points.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
The 30-year fixed mortgage fell two basis points to 4.17 percent this week.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
The 10-year Treasury yield increased more than 10 basis points this week.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
On a short week following the Christmas holiday, the 10-year Treasury yield was relatively unchanged.
Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rates
As was almost-universally expected, the FOMC closed the year with its one-and-only rate hike of 2016.
