July 29, 2006
Fall of Mortgage Rates
Mortgage rates are headed into hibernation until the next Federal Reserve rate-setting meeting.
The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 12 basis points to 6.77 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point. According to the latest survey, the mortgages had an average total of 0.28 discount and origination points. One year ago, the mortgage index was 5.84 percent; four weeks ago, it was 6.93 percent.
The benchmark 15-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 10 basis points to 6.39 percent. The benchmark 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage fell 8 basis points to 6.47 percent.
