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Fixed Mortgage Rates Dip Below Four Percent This Week
According to Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) for mid-November 2014, the average fixed mortgage rate was slightly down from the previous week with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dipping just below four percent.
Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist of Freddie Mac said, "Fixed mortgage rates were slightly down as housing starts declined 2.8 percent in October below the upwardly revised September rate. However, building permits increased 4.8 percent in October after a 2.8 percent boost a month earlier. Lastly, industrial production slipped by 0.1 percent in October, below the market consensus forecast."
PMMS Report Facts
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.99 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending November 20, 2014, down from last week when it averaged 4.01 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.22 percent.
- 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.17 percent with an average 0.5 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.20 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 3.27 percent.
- 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged 3.01 percent this week with an average 0.5 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.02 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 2.95 percent.
- 1-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 2.44 percent this week with an average 0.4 point, up from last week when it averaged 2.43 percent. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 2.61 percent.
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