The Home Front

Mortgage Rates Dip to Attractive Levels

By Luke Mullins

Posted: January 30, 2009

Thirty-year fixed mortgage rates dipped slightly this week to an average of 5.10 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The retreat comes after rates bounced back from a record low weekly average of 4.96 percent, which they hit two weeks ago amid lower inflation and Federal Reserve moves to buy up mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Thirty-year fixed mortgage rates are down sharply from 6.46 percent in late October 2008.

[See Low Mortgage Rates: 7 Things You Need to Know to Refinance.]

bubbles

i think a big dinosaur took a even bigger hit of weed. then he went swimming and blew some very big weed bubbles.people moved into these bubbles and started smoking weed and farting. thats what i think happened.

paul of WA @ Feb 02, 2009 21:11:40 PM

More wrong-way

Five percent long-term mortgage money is only a function of government "printing" it.

Rates for 30-year loans never should have been below seven (even now), and had they been around eight for the last ten years, we wouldn't even have had a housing bubble and burst.

Muser of NM @ Jan 30, 2009 14:08:49 PM

Add Your Thoughts
About You

advertisement

The Home Front

The Home Front

Associate Editor Luke Mullins tracks the treacherous housing market and explains how to unload a five-bedroom McMansion or even find that dream home.

advertisement

advertisement

Subscribe

U.S. News Digital Weekly

A weekly insider's guide to politics and policy — in a multimedia, digital format. 52 issues for $19.95!

U.S. News & World Report

6 months of U.S. News & World Report's print edition for only $15. Save up to 67% off the cover price!