Mortgage’s Hit Record Lows

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By Bankrate.com, Special for  USDR

 

Mortgage rates continued to fall this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate sinking to 3.74 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.18 discount and origination  points.

The larger jumbo 30-year fixed fell to 3.71 percent and the average 15-year fixed mortgage rate slipped to 3.00 percent this week. Adjustable mortgage rates were also lower, with the 5-year ARM nosing downward to 3.13 percent and the 10-year ARM dipping to 3.49  percent.

Mortgage rates fell for the second week in a row in reaction to a disappointing employment report. The economy grew by 38,000 nonfarm jobs, far less than market watchers had expected. After that, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered a speech in which she seemed to discount the possibility of a June rate increase by the Fed’s rate-setting committee. She said the Fed will raise the federal funds rate “gradually over time,” which conveyed a lack of urgency to enact an increase anytime  soon.

At the current average 30-year fixed mortgage rate of 3.74 percent, the monthly payment for a $200,000 loan is  $925.10.

SURVEY  RESULTS

30-year fixed: 3.74% — down from 3.81% last week (avg. points:  0.18)

15-year fixed: 3.00% — down from 3.05% last week (avg. points:  0.15)

5/1 ARM: 3.13% — down from 3.22% last week (avg. points:  0.21)

Bankrate’s national weekly mortgage survey is conducted each Wednesday from data provided by the top 10 banks and thrifts in 10 top  markets.

For a full analysis of this week’s move in mortgage rates, go to  http://www.bankrate.com/finance/mortgages/mortgage-analysis-060916.aspx.

The survey is complemented by Bankrate’s weekly Rate Trend Index, in which a panel of mortgage experts predicts which way the rates are headed over the next seven days. Only 10% percent of the panelists expect mortgage rates to increase over the next week, while 30 percent predict that rates will go down.  The majority of experts, 60%, expect that mortgage rates will remain more or less unchanged in the coming  week.

About  Bankrate.com

Bankrate.com provides consumers with the expert advice and tools needed to succeed throughout life’s financial journey. For over two decades, Bankrate.com has been a leading personal finance destination.  The company offers award-winning editorial content, competitive rate information, and calculators and tools across multiple categories, including mortgages, deposits, credit cards, retirement, automobile loans, and taxes. Bankrate aggregates rate information from over 4,800 institutions on more than 300 financial products. With coverage of over 600 local markets, Bankrate generates rate tables in all 50 U.S. states. Bankrate develops and provides web services to more than 100 cobranded websites with online partners, including some of the most trusted and frequently visited personal finance sites on the internet, such as Comcast, Yahoo!, CNBC and Bloomberg.  In addition, Bankrate licenses editorial content to more than 500 newspapers on a daily basis including The Wall Street Journal,USA Today, The New York Times and The Los Angeles  Times.

 

SOURCE  Bankrate.com

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