U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall for Second Week, With 30-Year at 2.94%
Bloomberg
Published May 13, 2021 10:00AM ET
Updated May 13, 2021 10:27AM ET
U.S. Mortgage Rates Fall for Second Week, With 30-Year at 2.94%
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. mortgage rates fell for a second straight week, dropping closer to the lowest on record.
The average for a 30-year loan was 2.94%, down from 2.96% last week and the lowest since Feb. 18, Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) data showed Thursday.
The 30-year average, which hit a record low of 2.65% in early January, had climbed above 3% this year amid optimism about an economic rebound from the pandemic. Now, rates have been below that benchmark for the past four weeks.
Cheap loans have fueled the past year’s rally in home purchases and given Americans more buying power even as bidding wars push up prices. The latest decline also provides current borrowers with another window to lower their monthly payments by refinancing.
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