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Tuesday’s Tip
Rates Continue to Drop! Long-term
mortgage rates fell for the fifth consecutive week, according to Freddie
Mac's weekly mortgage survey. Freddie
Mac reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.63 percent,
for the week ended today, down from last week when it averaged 5.66
percent. The average for the 15-year fixed-rate mortgage this week is
5.14 percent, unchanged from last week. Points on both the 30- and
15-year averaged 0.7. Five-Year
Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 5 percent
this week, with an average 0.6 points, down slightly from 5.02 last
week. There is no annual historical information for last year since
Freddie Mac began tracking this mortgage rate at the start of this
year. One-year
Treasury-indexed adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 4.23 percent this
week, with an average 0.7 point, up from last week when they averaged
4.18 percent. "Not
surprisingly, the one-year ARM rose on the expectation that the Fed
would raise rates once again when they met last week," said Frank
Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist. "We will
probably see the ARM rise a little more over the next few weeks in
anticipation of further rate increases by the Fed, while the long-term
fixed rates remain fairly flat. "Mortgages
rates remain historically low, which helps to maintain a robust housing
industry. Looking forward, we continue to expect rates will not rise
very much this year, and that the economy will grow at a sustainable
pace, and this should translates into a continued good atmosphere for
housing. The
following is a sampling of Bankrate's average 30-year-mortgage interest
rates this week in some U.S. metropolitan areas. New York –
5.73 percent with 0.13 point Los
Angeles – 5.72 percent with 0.49 point Chicago –
5.74 percent with 0.13 point San
Francisco – 5.68 percent with 0.25 point Philadelphia
– 5.56 percent with 0.29 point Detroit –
5.66 percent with 0.25 point Boston –
5.7 percent with no points Houston –
5.65 percent with 0.62 point Dallas –
5.68 percent with 0.44 point Washington,
D.C. – 5.55 percent with 0.59 point FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROPERTY LISTED ABOVE OR THE TIP PROVIDED
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