Mortgage Rates Drops down at Unimaginable 37-year Lows
Mortgage rates were reported to fall this week. The 30 year fixed rate mortgage has spiraled down to its lowest ever rate since the last 337 years. This is due to the Federal Reserve’s that cut down the interest rates to historic lows the in the previous month.
The government sponsored mortgage lender, otherwise called the mortgage giant, Freddie Mac (Freddie- Fortune 500) said last Thursday that rates on 30 years fixed moorages averaged 5.19% for the week end at December 18. That is down from 5.47% recorded last week and significantly below compared to the rate a year ago when the rate was 6.14%.
Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist Frank Nothaft said that interest rates for the 30 year fixed rate mortgages dropped down with in a series of seven consecutive weeks. He added that the rates have moved to be recorded as the lowest since the survey begun in April 1971.
Nothafft also adds that the mortgage rate decline was catalyzed mainly due to the Federal Reserve’s announcement on the December 16; it is the time when it cut the federal funds that targeted to some record breaking low numbers. The Federal Reserve has also reported to have said that it stood ready to expand all mortgage related purchases like assets as conditions warrant.
In order to reduce the interest rates and stabilize the housing markets, the government in late November has reported to have announced a plan where in it will buy a $500 billion worth of mortgage backed securities. The government will also raise funds of $100 billion on debt issues from the government sponsored mortgage financiers Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae (Fannie Fortune-500).
In addition to all the lower rates, the 15 year fixed rate mortgage has also reported to have fell in its lowest records in four and half years. The rates averaged 4.92% which is down from 5.02% last week. The rates have dramatically dropped down compared to a year ago at this time, where a 15 year fixed rate mortgage averaged 5.79%.
Along with the fixed rate mortgages, so did dropped the Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM). The five year Treasury Index hybrid adjustable rate mortgage has reported to average 5.60% at the current week. This rate has reported to be down from last week when the rates averaged 5.82%. The adjustable rate mortgage a year ago at the same time averaged 5.90%.
The one year Treasury Index adjustable rate mortgage averaged 4.94% this week which is down from last week’s rate that averaged 5.09%. Last year, the rate was reported to average 5.51%.
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