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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Freddie Mac: 30 year Mortgage Rates fall to 4.19 percent, lowest since 1951

by Calculated Risk on 10/14/2010 03:10:00 PM

From Freddie Mac: 30-Year FRM Under 5 Percent for 23 Consecutive Weeks

Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), which found that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate fell again to break the survey’s all-time low; the 30-year FRM has been under 5 percent for 23 weeks in a row. The last time 30-year FRM rates were this low was April 1951 (based on a data series of FHA rates going back to 1948). The 5-year ARM tied the all-time survey low set last week.
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30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.19 percent with an average 0.8 point for the week ending October 14, 2010, down from last week when it averaged 4.27 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.92 percent.