US Mortgage Rates Change Little Amid Positive Employment Report
Location: McLean
Author:
Eileen Fitzpatrick
Date: Friday, April 8, 2011
Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC) yesterday released the results of its
Primary Mortgage Market
Survey® (PMMS), which shows the 30-year fixed-rate inching upward
for the third consecutive week to 4.87 percent but well below its
average of 5.21 percent a year ago, the highest it had been since August
13, 2009.
News Facts
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30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.87 percent with an
average 0.7 point for the week ending April 7, 2011, upfrom last
week when it averaged 4.86 percent. Last year at this time, the
30-year FRM averaged 5.21 percent.
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15-year FRM this week averaged 4.10 percent with an average 0.7
point, upfrom last week when it averaged 4.09 percent.A year ago at
this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 4.52 percent.
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1-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 3.22 percent this week with
an average 0.7 point, downfrom last week when it averaged 3.26
percent. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 4.14
percent.
Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees
and points to reflect the total cost of obtaining the mortgage. Visit
the following links for
Regional and National Mortgage Rate Details and
Definitions.
Quotes
Attributed to Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist,
Freddie Mac.
- "Mortgage rates were little changed after an encouraging
employment report from the
Bureau of Labor
Statistics. The economy added 216,000 jobs in March and the
unemployment rate fell for the fifth consecutive month to 8.8
percent marking the lowest rate in two years. Additionally, the
private sector has gained 560,000 workers in the first quarter of
this year, which represents the largest quarterly increase since the
first quarter of 2006."
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