The 15-year average mortgage rate is 4.22%. The 30-year rate is 4.72%. These are the highest rates since early 2011.
Bleakley Advisory Group’s Peter Boockvar says the Fed and Global Central Banks Could Push the U.S. into Recession.
Mortgage Rates Highest Since Early 2011
Mortgage News Daily sees things slightly differently but the the disagreement is over a few meaningless basis points.
According to MND, Mortgage Rates at Two-Week Lows.
Mortgage rates were slightly lower again today, but there are some caveats. First of all, the average lender wasn’t in substantially better shape compared to yesterday afternoon. On top of that, bond markets (the underpinnings of mortgage rates) weakened throughout the day. If lenders were beginning their day looking at current bond market pricing, we’d likely have seen rates edge slightly HIGHER. As such, unless bonds manage to receive solid support from Asia and Europe on Monday morning, US lenders will likely be forced to bring rates a bit higher.
Today’s Most Prevalent Rates
Those rates are slightly higher than the rates posted by the St. Louis Fed.
