It’s another fairly slow day for mortgage rates. We did get the Freddie Mac PMMS out this morning, which is showing that rates touched down on 3-week lows in today’s survey. That’s great news for anyone looking to buy a home or refinance. Read on for more details.
Where are mortgage rates going?
Rates hit 3-week low in Freddie Mac PMMS
It’s Thursday after 10am and that means that the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey has been released. The good news for borrowers is that rates dipped lower this week down to 3-week lows. Here are the numbers:
- The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage fell four basis points to 3.90% (0.4 point)
- The average rate on a 15-year fixed rate mortgage sunk three basis points to 3.24% (0.5 point)
- The average rate on a 5/1-year adjustable rate mortgage moved one basis point lower to 3.22% (0.5 point)
The slide lower for rates wasn’t a surprise to anyone who had been following the markets this past week and a half as optimism about major tax reform caused many investors to adjust their positions last week.
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We’ve been in a bit of a holding pattern ever since then, with rates basically unchanged this week. There’s just been very little economic data out over the past few days, and we’d been in wait and see mode as the Republican tax bill got marked up by the Ways and Means Committee.
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Mortgage rates have been hanging around a narrow range for the past several weeks. Fortunately, those levels have been on the lower end of the spectrum for 2017.
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Today’s economic data:
Jobless Claims
Applications for unemployment benefits came in at 239,000 for the week of 11/4. That’s up 7,000 from the prior revised reading.
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Notable events this week:
Monday:
- Fedspeak
Tuesday:
- JOLTS
Wednesday:
- EIA Petroleum Status Report
- 10-Yr Note Auction
Thursday:
- Jobless Claims
Friday:
- Consumer Sentiment
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