{"id":3941,"date":"2012-11-12T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=3941"},"modified":"2012-11-12T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T14:25:10","slug":"mortgage-rates-stay-low-keep-buying-power-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/mortgage-rates-stay-low-keep-buying-power-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rates Stay Low, Keep Buying Power High"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mortgage Rates Stay Low, Keep Buying Power High<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_3942\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shutterstock_99919907-300x287.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3942\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3942\" title=\"Mortgage Rates Stay Low, Keep Buying Power High \" src=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/shutterstock_99919907-300x287.jpg\" alt=\"Mortgage Rates Stay Low, Keep Buying Power High \" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3942\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mortgage Rates Stay Low, Keep Buying Power High<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A year ago at this time, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped below 4 percent for the first time since Freddie Mac started reporting national average mortgage rates in 1971. Thirty-year rates have fairly much stayed below 4 percent since then too, continuing to hover near all-time record lows and pushing home buyers\u2019 purchasing power higher and helping refinancers to unlock savings.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Mac reports the following national averages in mortgage rates for the week ending Nov. 8.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>30-year fixed-rate mortgages:<\/strong> averaged 3.40 percent, with an average 0.7 point, rising slightly from last week\u2019s 3.39 percent average. A year ago at this time, 30-year rates averaged 3.99 percent. The record low for the 30-year mortgage, set in recent weeks, was an average of 3.36 percent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>15-year fixed-rate mortgages: <\/strong>averaged 2.69 percent, with an average 0.7 point, dropping from last week\u2019s 2.70 percent average. The 15-year rates record low average is 2.66 percent, which was set in mid-October.\u00a0Last year at this time, 15-year rates averaged 3.30 percent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>5-year adjustable-rate mortgages: <\/strong>averaged 2.73 percent, with an average 0.6 point, dropping from last week\u2019s 2.74 percent average. Last year at this time, 5-year ARMs averaged 2.98 percent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>1-year ARMs: <\/strong>averaged 2.59 percent, with an average 0.4 point, rising from last week\u2019s 2.58 percent average. A year ago, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.95 percent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/freddiemac.mediaroom.com\/index.php?s=12329&amp;item=135343\" target=\"_blank\">Freddie Mac<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mortgage Rates Stay Low, Keep Buying Power High A year ago at this time, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped below 4 percent for the first time since Freddie Mac started reporting national average mortgage rates in 1971. 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