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Tag: Mortgage Rates


Capital and Risk, Credit

Mortgage rates drop amid simmering tensions with Iran

January 9, 2020

Via: Market Watch

As investors sought safety in the bond market as a potential conflict with Iran emerged this past week, mortgage rates dropped to their lowest level since October. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.64% during the week ending Jan. 9, down […]


Capital and Risk, Credit

Mortgage rates fall after increasing for three straight weeks

November 7, 2019

Via: Market Watch

Mortgage rates dropped in the past week after rising in six of the last nine weeks, including most of the month of October. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.69% during the week ending Nov. 7, down three basis points from […]


Capital and Risk, Liquidity, Macroeconomic

Mortgage rates fall on worries about global economy

February 7, 2019

Via: Market Watch

Rates for home loans fell in line with the bond market as a slowing global economy increasingly sent investors to the perceived safety of fixed-income assets. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.41% in the February 7 week, mortgage guarantor Freddie […]


Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic

Mortgage rates hit a seven-and-a-half-year high as the easy money era comes to a close

September 27, 2018

Via: Market Watch

Rates for home loans jumped along with yields in the broader bond market, taking financing costs to a recent high and raising fresh questions about the effect of another headwind on a housing market that’s already sputtering. The 30-year fixed-rate […]


Capital and Risk, Macroeconomic

Mortgage Rates: Houses And Cheap Loans To The Economy’s Rescue

April 29, 2016

Via: Yahoo

Mortgage rates posted their biggest weekly jump since November, pushing the average cost of a 30-year loan to 3.66 percent as the Federal Reserve wrapped up its April meeting. While rates are at their highest since March, home loans are […]