Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the ninth time in 10 weeks as concerns grow that the economy is weakening.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.36 percent this week, down from 4.42 percent last week. That’s the lowest since Freddie Mac [...]

(Reuters) – Home loan rates set new lows in the latest week on more evidence of a soft U.S. economy and high unemployment, home funding company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 4.44 percent in the week ended August 12, the lowest since Freddie Mac records began in 1971. The [...]

Reuters: Rates on the 30-year mortgage dropped to a record low in the past week, according to a survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac, as concerns mounted about the economic recovery.
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, the most widely used loan, averaged 4.57 percent for the week ended July 8, down from the previous week’s 4.58 percent [...]

CNBC:  Interest rates in the United States, the euro zone and Britain are going to be left at a record low for a while, despite various noises made by central bankers, David Bloom, head of foreign exchange research at HSBC, told CNBC Monday.  St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard, a voting member of [...]

(Reuters) – Mortgage rates dropped in the past week, with fixed-rate loans either reaching or nearing record lows, according to a survey released on Thursday by Freddie Mac (FRE.P) (FRE.N), the second-largest U.S. mortgage finance company.
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U.S. mortgage rates stayed at or near record lows in the past week, with the 30-year fixed rate 1/2 percentage point lower than a year ago, home funding company Freddie Mac said Thursday.    In the midst of volatile bond markets, home loan rates continued to keep affordability high.  Demand for loans to buy homes tumbled [...]

CNBC: Here’s some good news for the struggling US housing market: Thanks to the European debt crisis, mortgage rates are at historic lows.  The current average rate for a 30 year fixed loan is 4.87 percent, according to Bankrate.com. That’s the lowest rate for the 30 years since Bankrate started keeping track 25 years ago.
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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Mortgage rates fell to their lowest levels of the year, and rates on 5-year adjustable-rate mortgages hit a record low, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of conforming mortgage rates, released on Thursday.  The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.93% for the week ending May 13, down from 5% last week; the mortgage [...]

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit its highest weekly level in eight months this week, averaging 5.21%, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of conforming mortgage rates, released on Thursday.  The mortgage averaged 5.08% last week and 4.87% a year ago. It hasn’t been higher since the week ending Aug. 13, when it [...]

Mortgage rates, which many feared would rise sharply when the Federal Reserve stops propping up the market at the end of March, may actually not budge much at all, analysts say.  But the longer-term impact of the Fed’s pullback from the mortage market is less certain, they add.
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RUETERS: U.S mortgage rates retreated below 5 percent last week, propping demand for home loans after purchase applications sank to a nearly 13-year low the prior week, Mortgage Bankers Association data showed on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage rates rose for the first time in three weeks, leaping above 5 percent, a key level that could suppress demand for home loans, a closely watched mortgage survey showed on Thursday.
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Mortgage rates, which many feared would rise sharply when the Federal Reserve stops propping up the market at the end of March, may actually not budge much at all, analysts say.  But the longer-term impact of the Fed’s pullback from the mortage market is less certain, they add.
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U.S. mortgage rates dropped for a second consecutive week, remaining below 5.0 percent, a key level that may boost home loan demand, a closely watched mortgage survey showed on Thursday.  The lowest mortgage rates in decades and high affordability helped the hard-hit housing market find some footing last year after a three-year slump.
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Applications for U.S. home mortgages fell slightly last week even as interest rates held near record low levels below 5 percent, an industry group said on Wednesday.  The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity decreased 2.1 percent to 600.5 in the week ended Feb. 12.
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U.S. mortgage applications dipped last week, reflecting reduced demand for home purchase loans even as rates on 30-year loans fell to their lowest since December, an industry group said Wednesday.  The Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications which includes both purchase and refinance loans, decreased 1.2 percent for the week ended [...]

U.S. mortgage rates dipped below 5 percent again, a key level that may boost home loan demand, according to a closely watched mortgage survey on Thursday.  The lowest mortgage rates in decades and high affordability helped the hard-hit housing market find some footing last year after a three-year slump.
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The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averages 4.98% for the week ending Jan. 28, down from 4.99% last week and 5.10% a year ago, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey.
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Mortgage rates have inched upward in  the last weeks of 2009, and that trend will continue through 2010. The question is how high they will go.  ”If you told me by the end of 2010 a 30-year rate was at 6 percent, that sounds about right,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s. “I don’t [...]