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Keep up with current interest rates and related news at HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center. Rates are updated daily based on data from Optimal Blue, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Freddie Mac‘s Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS).
Freddie Mac’s PMMS only covers purchase mortgages. In addition, the PMMS looks at rates from the first three days of the week from lender websites, while the MBA survey covers the rates on apps collected over the prior full week. Optimal Blue data is calculated using actual locked rates with consumers across 35% of all mortgage transactions nationwide.
Be sure to follow our lead analyst Logan Mohtashami, who has been tracking and forecasting rates and the housing market for HousingWire since 2020. His America is Back and Six Recession Red Flag models have been acclaimed in the housing industry for their accuracy and simplicity. Logan has recently opined on what it would take for rates to fall in 2023. He followed up on this column with a guest appearance on our industry-leading podcast HousingWire Daily.
Mortgage Rates News
With mortgage rates dropping, the conforming and jumbo loan spread narrows HW+
Mar 23, 2023Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey showed on Thursday that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6.42% as of March 23, down 18 basis points from the previous week.
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New home sales climb in February for the third straight month HW+
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Why industry watchers expect mortgage rates to fluctuate in coming weeks HW+
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VA makes major change to America’s most underutilized mortgage program HW+
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Fed delivers a 25 bps rate hike amid bank failures HW+
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The typical down payment is 10% smaller than a year ago HW+
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Lower mortgage rates fueling existing home sales HW+
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Existing home sales rise for the first time in a year HW+
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