Interest Rates: Up and Up

Both 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and 15-year FRM rise 0.7 points to  4.60 and 3.75 percent respectively.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending July 7, 2011. After changing little over the past month, both long- and short-term mortgage rates followed Treasury yields higher this week. The 30-year fixed averaged 4.60 percent, and the 15-year fixed averaged 3.75 percent.

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30-Yr Fixed Up Just a Tick

Mortgage Rates were a bit mixed this week.

The 30-year fixed rate continues to hold rather steady, up just 0.01 point, and the 5-year ARM sets new low.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending June 30, 2011, which shows fixed mortgage rates holding steady amid mixed economic reports and some signs of improvement in the housing market. The 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage hit a new record low at 3.22 percent, dropping below the previous record of 3.25 percent set November 11, 2010.

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30-Yr. FR Unchanged; 15-Yr. Ticks Up

30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage remained unchanged at 4.50 percent while the 15-Yr Fixed Rate Mortgage ticked up just 0.02 points to 3.69 percent.

Mortgages and Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending June 23, 2011, which shows mortgage rates mixed but holding steady for the second week with the 30-year fixed matching last week’s 4.50 percent average and the 15-year fixed edging up to 3.69 percent.

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30-Yr Fixed Ticks Up; 15-Yr Nudges Down

Mortgage rates mixed but basically unchanged as mortgage applications surge.

Interest ratesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending June 16, 2011, which shows fixed mortgages rates changing little despite recent inflation reports. After declining for eight consecutive weeks, the 30-year fixed ticked up to 4.50 percent, while the 15-year inched down again to 3.67 percent.

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Rates Move Lower Sixth Straight Week

Mortgage rates move lower following weak jobs report and continuing weakness in housing market.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending June 9, 2011, which showed weaker than expected job growth in May pushing both fixed and adjustable-rate mortgages to new lows for the year. The 30-year fixed averaged 4.49 percent and the 15-year averaged 3.68 percent, its lowest since November, 2010.

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Fixed Mortgage Rates Continue To Fall

Freddie Mac: Fixed mortgage rates eased slightly for the sixth consecutive week amid reports of slower economic activity.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending May 26, 2011, which shows slower economic activity pushing fixed-rate mortgages slightly lower for the sixth consecutive week. The 30-year average at  4.60 percent, and the 15-year averaged 3.78 percent, mark new lows for 2011.

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Fixed Rates Still in Free Fall

Fixed-Rate mortgages hit a new year-to-date low; Mortgage Refinancers take the bait but fewer Buyers nibble on new Purchase Applications.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) the week ending May 19, 2011, which shows fixed-rate mortgages declining for the fifth consecutive week amid mixed economic and housing data. The 30-year fixed averaged 4.61 percent and the 15-year, 3.80 percent.

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30-Yr Fixed Drops to 4.63 Percent; Applications Increase

As the morgage level break through to their lowest levels of the year for the week of May 12, last week’s mortgage applications see increases in both the refinance and purchase sectors.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending May 12, 2011, which shows mortgage rates at their lowest level for 2011 after declining for the fourth consecutive week. The 30-year fixed-rate averaged 4.63 percent, and the 15-year fixed averaged 3.82 percent.

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30-year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Matches Yearly Low

Interest RatesPMMS 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgage fall for third week in a row. Latest MBA Weekly Survey shows Mortgage Applications increase again driven by Refinances.

Freddie Mac  released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®) for the week ending May 5, 2011, which shows mortgage rates drifting lower with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage matching the yearly low of 4.71 percent, and the 15-year fixed hitting a new yearly low of 3.89 percent.

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Mortgage Rates Post Second Strait Decline

Mortgage Rates Fall Again in Sympathy for Latest Economic and Housing Reports.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), which shows mortgage rates falling for the second consecutive week. For the week ending April 28, 2011, the 30-year fixed-rate stands at 4.78 percent; the 15-year fixed at 3.97 percent, the lowest since December 9, 2010.

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30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage Up to 4.91 Percent

Interest rates inch up for the fourth week in a row on weak mortgage application report.

Interest RatesFreddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), which shows mortgage rates slowly increasing for the fourth consecutive week, yet remaining below 5 percent moving into the traditional home buying season.

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