Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates moved only slightly upward compared to the previous week following the increase in bond yields.“Mortgage rates were up slightly this week, following the increase in 10-year Treasury yields, despite last week’s disappointing employment report,” said Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist at Freddie Mac. “The U.S. economy added only 142,000 jobs in August, after a 212,000 gain in July and a 267,000 increase in June.”
The survey concluded:
- 30-year fixed mortgage rate (FRM) average 4.12 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending September 11, 2014, up from last week when it averaged 4.10 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.57 percent.
- 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.26 percent with an average 0.5 point, up from last week when it averaged 3.24 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 3.59 percent.
- 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) average 2.99 percent this week with an average 0.5 point, up from last week when it average 2.97 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 3.22 percent.
- 1-year Treasury indexed ARM averaged 2.45 percent this week with an average of 0.4 points, up from last week when it averaged 2.40 percent. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 2.67 percent.
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