Real Estate
Join Tom Kelly every Sunday at 9am on KIRO Radio to talk Puget Sound real estate.Conversation starters
Most popular
Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.Home-loan rates see-saw lower
March 22, 2013 @ 9:11 am (Updated: 10:42 am - 3/22/13 )
After rising last week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reversed course and inched back down this week, according to the Freddie Mac weekly mortgage market survey.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage - the most popular among homebuyers - has remained below 4 percent for a year.
"Low and stable inflation is placing downward pressure on fixed mortgage rates," said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac's chief economist.
Here's a closer look at mortgage rate averages for the week ending March 21:30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.54 percent, dropping from last week's 3.63 percent average. A year ago at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.08 percent.
15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 2.72 percent, dropping from last week's 2.79 percent average. Last year at this time, 15-year rates averaged 3.30 percent.
5-year adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 2.61 percent, holding the same as last week. Last year at this time, 5-year ARMs averaged 2.96 percent.
1-year ARMs: averaged 2.63 percent, dropping from last week's 2.64 percent average. Last year at this time, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.84 percent.
Bonneville Media encourages site users to express their opinions by posting comments. Our goal is to maintain a civil dialogue in which readers feel comfortable. At times, the comments can descend to personal attacks. Please do not engage in such behavior. We encourage your thoughtful comments which: have a positive and constructive tone, are on topic, are respectful toward others and their opinions. Bonneville reserves the right to remove comments which do not conform to these criteria.