Posted by: admin in Bank Rates on December 15th, 2009

Today’s mortgage interest rates are still below 5.00 percent in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac. 30-year mortgage rates increased to 4.94 percent for the week ending December 17, 2009. 30-year loan rates are almost where they were last year at this time, 30-year rates were at 5.19 percent.  In last week’s mortgage survey 30 year rates were at 4.81 percent.

Average mortgage discount points for 30 year mortgages remained the same at 0.7 points.

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15 year mortgage rates increased to 4.38 percent this week, up from last week’s average interest rate of 4.32 percent. Average poi

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Posted by: admin in Bank Rates on December 1st, 2009

Long term mortgage rates have hit new all time lows in the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac this morning. Both 30 year mortgage rates and 15 year mortgage rates have hit new lows this week.

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30 year mortgage interest rates are at 4.71 percent with average mortgage discount points of 0.7, down from the prior week’s average mortgage rate of 4.78 percent. This rate is the lowest rate since 1971 when Freddie began it’s weekly mortgage survey.

15 year mortgage interest rates are at 4.27 percent with average mortgage points at 0.6, down from the previous week’s average mortgage loan rate of 4.29 percent. 15 year interest rates are lowest since Freddie started tracking 15 year loan rates in 1991.

5 year U.S. Treasury indexed adjustable mortgage rates are at 4.19 percent, up slightly over last week’s average loan rate of 4.18 percent. Mortgage points averaged 0.6 points.

1 year U.S. Treasury indexed adjustable rate mortgages averaged 4.25 percent, down from last week’s average mortgage interest rate of 4.35 percent. Average discount points were 0.6 points.

Earlier this week, MonitorBankRates.com released  its Weekly Mortgage Rate Report, following is the report.

Current Mortgage Rates:

30 year mortgage rates declined to 4.85 percent this week, down from last week’s average home loan rate of 4.90 percent, almost matching an all time low 4.84 percent set May 18, 2009.

15 year mortgage rates are down to 4.35 percent this week from last week’s average loan rate of 4.37 percent. 15 year mortgage rates hit a new low for 2009.

Jumbo Mortgage rates

30 year jumbo mortgage rates are averaging 5.65 percent this week, down from last week’s mortgage rate of 5.69 percent.

15 year jumbo mortgage rates are averaging 5.12 percent this week, down from the previous week’s average rate on a 15 year home loan of 5.19 percent.

Adjustable Mortgage Rates

One year adjustable mortgage rates are averaging  4.11 percent this week, down from the previous week’s one year home loan rate of 4.30 percent.

Three year adjustable rate mortgages are averaging 4.20 percent this week, down from the prior week’s average rate for a three year mortgage loan of 4.40 percent.

Average five year mortgage rates are at 4.11 percent this week, up from last week’s average home loan interest rate of 4.06 percent.

The average rate on a seven year ARM is at 4.52 percent this week, up from last week’s average home bank loan rate of 4.50 percent.

Ten year ARMs are averaging 4.86 percent this week, down from the previous week when 10 year mortgage interest rates were at 4.88 percent.

Jumbo Adjustable Mortgage Rates

One year jumbo adjustable mortgage rates are averaging 5.48 percent this week,  down slightly from last week’s average loan interest rate of 5.49 percent.

Three year jumbo loans are averaging 5.40 percent this week, down from last week’s average mortgage interest rate of 5.42 percent.

Today’s five year jumbo rates are at 5.41 percent this week, up over .50 percent from last week’s average home mortgage loan rate 0f 4.83 percent.

The current average mortgage rate on a seven year jumbo mortgage is at 5.39 percent, down from last week’s average mortgage loan interest rate of 5.57 percent.

The average rate on a 10 year jumbo ARM is at  6.65 percent, up almost one percent from last week’s average loan rate of 5.89 percent.

Interest Only Mortgage Rates (IO Loans)

Average three year interest only loan rates are at 4.40 percent this week, down from last week’s three year home loan rate of 4.50 percent.

Average five year IO loans are at 4.23 percent, up from the prior week’s average five year loan interest rates of 4.15 percent.

Average seven year IO mortgage rates are averaging 4.71 percent this week, up from last week’s average interest rate of 4.70 percent.

Jumbo Interest Only Mortgage Rates (IO)

The average rate on a three year jumbo interest only mortgage is unchanged at 5.53 percent this week over last.

The average five year jumbo IO mortgage is at 5.97 percent this week, up from the prior week’s average IO mortgage rate of 5.23 percent.

The average seven year jumbo IO mortgage rate is at 5.66 percent, down from last week’s average jumbo rate of 5.94 percent.

Home Equity Loan

The average rate on a 10 year home equity loan is down slightly to 7.494 percent this week, down from the prior week’s average equity home loan rate of 7.496 percent.

The average 15 year home equity rate decreased to 7.624 percent this week, down from the last week’s average home equity loan rate of 7.629 percent.

Home Equity Line of Credit Rates (HELOC)

The average home equity line of credit rate was up slightly to 4.904 percent this week, up from last week’s average HELOC rate of 4.898 percent.

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Posted by: admin in Bank Rates on November 8th, 2009

Current mortgage rates are mixed this week over last, both conventional 30 year mortgage rates and 15 year conventional mortgage rates are lower. Fixed jumbo mortgage rates are higher.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met last week and decided to keep the federal funds rate in a target range of zero percent to 1/4 percent because there is still “substantial resource slack in the system” which should keep inflation down for now even though the economy expanded by 3.5% in the third quarter of 2009.

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The Feds has been providing support to mortgage lending and the housing market by purchasing a total of $1.25 trillion of agency mortgage-backed securities. This program has kep

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Posted by: admin in Bank Rates on October 26th, 2009

Current mortgage rates are mixed this week, 30-year conforming fixed mortgage rates are down and 30-year jumbo mortgage rates are higher this week over last.

Today’s conforming fixed 15-year mortgage interest rates are  down and 15 year jumbo home mortgage rates are  higher. 10-year Treasury yields are back above 3.50 percent as of Monday morning, contributing to the slight rise in jumbo rate mortgages and shorter term adjustable rate mortgages. Higher Treasury yields will mean higher mortgage interest rates this coming week.

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Low mortgage rates are supporting the housing market. Last week the Na

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Posted by: admin in Bank Rates on September 29th, 2009

30-year mortgage rates reached a four month low in Freddie Mac’s current Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Low mortgage rates continue to help the housing market recover from the speculative bubble over the past several years.

The National Association of Realtors released their Pending Home Sales Index, which is based on signed contracts. The index is up 6.4 percent to 103.8, this is the seventh consecutive month of gains and also the longest consecutive month-on-month gain in the history of the index.

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Current Mortgage Rates

Current mortgage rates for 30-year mortgages are averaging at 4.94 percent this week, down from the previous week’s average mortgage rate of 5.04 percent. Discount po

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