Home-Mortgage Rates Rise to Highest Mark In Nearly Four Years.Focuses on the rise of long term home-mortgage rates in the U.S. in April 2006EBSCO_bspWall Street Journal Eastern Edition
Edging higher for a third day, 30-year mortgage rates are up to a 6.91% average, their most expensive level in four months. In mid-September, mortgage rates plunged to a 2-year low, but since then, they've surged. Rate movement was mixed for other mortgage types Tuesday. ...
Mortgage rates may have inched up to the highest level in nearly eight months, but that’s not stopping one group from jumping into the market. Some homeowners are sinking their teeth into mortgage refinances, cashing in on the equity they hav...
U.S. mortgage rates climbed to their highest level in 14 years this week as the housing market prepares for the Federal Reserve to implement further interest rate hikes to combat sky-high inflation. Freddie Mac said Thursday that its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the average rate...
The 30-year rate rose for the fourth week in a row to the highest level since July, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The increase was due to volatility in the bond market, concerns over the outcome of the presidential election and ...
Home values plunge in some U.S. cities as mortgage rates rise The higher rates translate into very real costs for homebuyers. Take a home that sells for the U.S. median price of $384,800 and that is purchased with a 20% down payment. At the current mortgage rate of 7.16%, a home...
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.09% in the week ending August 17, up from 6.96% the week before, according to data from Freddie Mac released Thursday. A year ago, the 30-year fixed-rate was 5.13%.
It's been a strange and frustrating couple of weeks for anyone who mistakenly believed that mortgage rates would move lower after the Fed rate cut. To be sure, there is plenty of that sentiment out there according to the just released Fannie Mae sentiment survey showing the highest net ...
Mortgage rates highest in 2 years; Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages now average 6.37 percentASSOCIATED PRESS
Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages jumped again Monday, boosting the average to 6.57%—its highest level in more than two months. The flagship average has been trending steadily upwards after plunging last month to a two-year low below 6%. Most other new purchasemortgage ratesalso ...