DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2014
Mortgage rates continue on a low streak this week, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaging its low for the year, 4.12 percent. It’s the same low the 30-year rate mortgage reached in May as well as during a week in July, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey.
Fixed-rate mortgage started the year at 4.5 percent, and have countered many forecasters expectations so far by not rising, but instead dropping.
Freddie Mac reports the following national averages with mortgage rates for the week ending Aug. 14:
* 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 4.12 percent, with an average 0.6 point, dropping from last week’s 4.14 percent average. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 4.40 percent.
* 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.24 percent, with an average 0.6 point, falling from last week’s 3.27 percent average. A year ago, 15-year rates averaged 3.44 percent.
* 5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 2.97 percent, with an average 0.5 point, falling from last week’s 2.98 percent average. Last year at this time, 5-year ARMs averaged 3.23 percent.
* 1-year ARMs: averaged 2.36 percent, with an average 0.5 point, rising from last week’s 2.35 percent average. A year ago, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.67 percent.
Source: Freddie Mac and “Mortgage Rates at Low for Year; 30-Year Averages 4.12%,” Los Angeles Times (Aug. 14, 2014)
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