Thursday, August 30, 2007

Mortgage Rates Fall to a 3-month Low

Fixed mortgage rates fell sharply this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling to 6.43 percent. This is the lowest since May 23, 2007. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.32 discount and origination points.

The average 15-year fixed rate mortgage popular for refinancing slid to 6.13 percent. Unfortunately for mortgage shoppers in higher-cost housing markets, the average rate for a jumbo 30-year fixed rate was unchanged at 7.4 percent. Adjustable rate mortgages were mixed, with rates on hybrid ARMs like the 5/1 ARM backpedaling to 6.53 percent, and the average one-year ARM inching higher to 6.2 percent.

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