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US long-term mortgage rates fall sharply: 30-year at 3.60%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell sharply this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan touching its lowest level since November 2016. Financial markets around the glob...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Mortgage rates pause as markets digest impact of Federal Reserve meeting

While waiting to see what the Federal Reserve would do at its meeting this week, mortgage rates held steady. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-...

DATE: Aug 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year average at 3.75%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week, edging toward three-year lows amid signals from Federal Reserve officials that they could cut their benchmark interest rate at thei...

DATE: Jul 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

US average long-term mortgage rates rise; 30-year at 3.81%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates rose this week after three weeks of holding steady, tipped higher by expectations that the Federal Reserve could reduce interest rates soon. ...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Fixed mortgage rates end up back where they started after an up-and-down week

Mortgage rates were caught in a tug of war this week as economic news pushed them up and then pulled them down, leaving them back where they started. According to the latest data ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

Mortgage rates tick up, but lower bond yields signal more declines

After falling more than a half percentage point the past four months, mortgage rates rebounded this week. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-yea...

DATE: Jul 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

US long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year loan at 3.73%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell this week. It was the seventh decline in the past nine weeks for the key 30-year, fixed-rate loan, which reached its lowest level since Novemb...

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

US long-term mortgage rates little changed; 30-year at 3.84%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates were little changed this week. The key 30-year, fixed-rate loan hovered around an average 3.8% for the third straight week. Before level...

DATE: Jun 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. long-term mortgage rates little changed; 30-year at 3.82%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates were little changed this week, after six straight weeks of declines putting them at historically low levels. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac ...

DATE: Jun 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year average at 3.82%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell for the sixth consecutive week, with the key 30-year loan average running below 4% and at its lowest point since September 2017. Th...

DATE: Jun 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

U.S. long-term mortgage rates slip; 30-year average at 4.06%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell slightly this week, marking a fourth straight week of declines to lure prospective purchasers in the spring homebuying season. Mort...

DATE: May 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business

US long-term mortgage rates fall; 30-year average at 4.07%

WASHINGTON – U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell slightly this week, marking a third straight week of declines as a continued inducement to purchasers in the spring homebuying season. ...

DATE: May 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Business