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Mortgage Rates in U.S. Move Higher in Late 2017
According to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the average mortgage rate in the U.S. continued to inch higher at the end of 2017.
Len Kiefer, Deputy Chief Economist of Freddie Mac said, "As we expected, mortgage rates felt the effect of last week's surge in long-term interest rates in the final, shortened week of 2017. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased 5 basis points to 3.99 percent in this week's survey. Although this week's survey rate represents a five-month high, 30-year fixed mortgage rates are still below the levels we saw at the end of last year and early part of 2017. Mortgage rates have remained relatively low all year."
Freddie Mac News Facts
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.99 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending December 28, 2017, up from last week when it averaged 3.94 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.32 percent.
- 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.44 percent with an average 0.5 point, up from last week when it averaged 3.38 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 3.55 percent.
- 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged 3.47 percent this week with an average 0.3 point, up from last week when it averaged 3.39 percent. A year ago at this time, the 5-year ARM averaged 3.30 percent.
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