Mortgage Rates: Home Mortgage Rates

mortgage-rates-home-mortgage-ratesThe average contract rate for a 30-year mortgage was unchanged this week at 5.34 percent with 1.15 points according to this week's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The average contact rate for a 15-year mortgage increased slightly to 4.83 percent this week, up from the prior week's average mortgage contract rate of 4.81 percent. The average contract rate on a one-year adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) also increased, the rate this week is 6.58 percent, up from the previous week's average rate of 6.52 percent.

Even with the increase in home mortgage rates the MBA's mortgage loan application survey increased 10.9 percent on seasonally adjusted basis from a week earlier. The Purchase Index increased 6.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis and the mortgage refinance index increased 15.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Home Mortgage Rates

Loan Term
Lender
APR / Rate
Fees / Points
Payment
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
5.707%
15-Year Fixed
5.500%
$5,404
Includes 0.851 points for $3,404
Lender Fees: $2,000
$3,269 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
6.620%
30-Year Fixed
6.500%
$5,000
Includes 0.750 points for $3,000
Lender Fees: $2,000
$2,529 /mo
Rocket Mortgage
NMLS #3030
6.658%
15-Year Fixed
6.500%
$4,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $0
$3,485 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
7.132%
5-Year ARM
7.000%
$5,328
Includes 0.832 points for $3,328
Lender Fees: $2,000
$2,662 /mo
Rocket Mortgage
NMLS #3030
7.350%
30-Year Fixed
7.250%
$4,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $0
$2,729 /mo
Rate data provided by RateUpdate.com. Displayed by ICB, a division of Mortgage Research Center, NMLS #1907, Equal Housing Opportunity. Payments do not include taxes and insurance premiums. Actual payments will be greater with taxes and insurance included. Rate and product details.

The increase in home purchase and refinancing is probably because mortgage rates have come down from the recent highs set last month. The week of May 18, 2009, MonitorBankRates.com reported conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgages at 4.85 percent, on June 14, 2009, MBR reported fixed rate conforming 30-year mortgages at 5.70 percent, almost a full percentage point higher in a month's time. 30-year fixed rate conforming mortgages are now around 5.4o percent.

Jumbo Mortgage Rates

30-year jumbo mortgage rates increased a lot less during the same time frame because jumbo mortgage rates haven't come down as much as conforming mortgage rates the past year. On May 18, 2009, the average rate on 30-year jumbo mortgage was at 6.12 percent, on June 14, the average rate was 6.51, today's jumbo mortgage rates are at 6.28 percent.

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Author: Brian McKay
July 9th, 2009

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