Mortgage Rates Reverse Course
MORTGAGE RATES REVERSE COURSE
Daily Real Estate News (August 31, 2012)
Mortgage rates fell across the board this week, after having inched higher the last few weeks from all-time lows, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey.
Here’s a closer look at rates for the week ending Aug. 30.
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.59 percent, with an average 0.6 point, dropping from last week’s 3.66 percent average. A year ago at this time, 30-year rates averaged 4.22 percent.
- 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 2.86 percent, with an average 0.6 point, also down from last week’s 2.89 percent average. Last year at this time, 15-year rates averaged 3.39 percent.
- 5-year adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 2.78 percent, with an average 0.6 point, dropping from last week’s 2.80 percent average. Five-year ARMs averaged 2.96 percent a year ago at this time.
- 1-year ARMs: averaged 2.63 percent, with an average 0.4 point, dropping from last week’s 2.66 percent average. A year ago, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.89 percent.
Source: Freddie Mac; Daily Real Estate News (August 31, 2012) | Blog distribution provided by Kenneth Bargers and Bargers Solutions, member of Pilkerton Realtors, residential real estate services located in Nashville, Tennessee
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September 4, 2012 at 9:53 am
