Mortgage Rates Tick Higher Across Most Loan Types
Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages ticked up Thursday, increasing the average to 6.55%. The previous day's average marked the only sub-6.50% rate in the past two weeks. Most other new purchase mortgage rates also rose Thursday.
Mortgage Rates Today, Oct. 18: Median Rate Rises to 6.63%
As of Oct. 18, according to Credible data gathered from more than 500 U.S. lenders*, the median interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.63%, which is 0.13 percentage points higher than yesterday. Additionally, the median interest rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 5.88%, which is also 0.13 percentage points higher than yesterday.
The Fed is cutting interest rates, so why are mortgage rates rising?
It’s been a month since the Federal Reserve shifted from fighting inflation with high interest rates to supporting the job market with the first in what is expected to be a series of rate cuts.
Mortgage rate hits the highest level in months
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the United States rose for the third week in a row, reaching its highest level in eight weeks. The rate rose to 6.44 percent from 6.32 percent last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Mortgage Rates Rise to Highest Since August
Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly two months. The average rate on a standard 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.44%, according to a survey of lenders released Thursday by the mortgage-finance company Freddie Mac.
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