Friday, October 02, 2015
In more encouraging news for homebuyers, mortgage rates remain below 4 percent. According to Freddie Mac’s recent Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 3.85 percent, with an average 0.6 point. The average 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.07 percent, with an average 0.7 point.Other types of mortgages are also hovering well below 4 percent, including the 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage, stable at 2.91 percent, and the 1-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage averaging 2.53 percent.
“In contrast to the volatility in equity markets, the 10-year Treasury rate – a key driver of mortgage rates – varied just a little more than 10 basis points over the last week,” explains Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “As a result, the 30-year mortgage rate remained virtually unchanged, dropping 1 basis point to 3.85 percent. This marks the tenth consecutive week of a sub-4-percent mortgage rate.”
Source: Freddie Mac
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