Mortgage Interest Rates rose this week to an average of 4.23 percent for a 30-year fixed rate home loan, up from 4.12 percent last week, marking the largest one-week jump in interest rates we have seen thus far this year, according to data just released by Freddie Mac. Mortgage interest rates for fixed-rate loans have now hit the highest level since May 1st.
Mortgage interest rates from the Freddie Mac report:
- 30-year fixed rate mortgages averaged 4.23%
- Last week the rate was 4.12%
- Last year at this time the rate was 4.5%
- 15-year fixed rate mortgages averaged 3.37%
- Last week the rate was 3.26.
- Last year at this time the rate was 3.54
- 5-year hybrid adjustable rate mortgages averaged 3.06%
- Last week the rate was 2.99%
- Last year at this time the rate was 3.11%
- 1-year adjustable rate mortgages averaged 2.43%
- Last week the rate was 2.45%
- Last year at this time the rate was 2.65%