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Mortgage charges fell for the fifth consecutive week to the bottom stage since mid-April, mortgage purchaser Freddie Mac mentioned Thursday.
Freddie Mac’s newest Major Mortgage Market Survey, launched Thursday, confirmed that the typical price on the benchmark 30-year mounted mortgage fell to six.67% from final week’s studying of 6.77%.
The common price on a 30-year mortgage was 6.95% a yr in the past.
The common price on a 30-year mortgage was 6.95% a yr in the past. (Photographer: Loren Elliott/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
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“That is the biggest weekly decline since early March,” mentioned Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “Declining mortgage charges are encouraging and, whereas total affordability challenges stay, we’re seeing extra sellers enter the market giving potential consumers a bonus.”
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The common price on the 15-year mounted mortgage fell to five.8% from final week’s studying of 5.89%. One yr in the past, the speed on the 15-year mounted word averaged 6.25%.