Following two weeks of rate increases, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage settled back below a 4 percent average this week.
“Continued economic uncertainty and weak inflation data pushed rates lower this week,” says Sean Becketti, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.
Freddie Mac reported the following national averages for the week ending July 20:
- 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.96 percent, with an average 0.6 point, dropping from last week’s 4.03 percent average. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 3.45 percent.
- 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.23 percent, with an average 0.5 point, falling from last week’s 3.29 percent average. A year ago, 15-year mortgage rates averaged 2.75 percent.
Source: Freddie Mac