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Current Interest Rates: Today’s Mortgage Interest Rates Resolute Under 5

By Ed Ferrara | November 3, 2009 at 11:51 am |

 

Mortgage Rates are resolute refusing to budge remaining at the same level they've been since a 1/4 percent rise nearly 3 weeks ago. Prices of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities of which mortgage interest rates move opposite were flat today. There was just 1 major economic report released this morning, factory orders, that came in just as expected. The benchmark 10 year treasury yield, a leading indicator for 30 year fixed mortgage interest rates, is up 0.06 (1.75%).  The yield is at 3.49 as of 10:30 AM PST. The yield opened at 3.399.

 

Todays Mortgage Interest Rates – FreeRateUpdate.com

mortgage interest ratesFreeRateUpdate.com research of wholesale lender's rate sheets shows mortgage rates unchanged from yesterday. Today's 30 year fixed mortgage rate is 4.875 percent at par. Today's 15 year fixed mortgage rate is 4.25 percent at par. Today's 5/1 ARM is at 3.875 percent at par. Today's 20 year fixed mortgage interest rate is at 4.75 percent at par. Par rates are the lowest available mortgage rate without the requirement by the lender for the borrower to pay additional points and fees.

 

Current National Average Mortgage Interest Rates

Zillow reports it's national average 30 year fixed mortgage rate at 4.81 percent, up from 4.77 percent yesterday. Bankrate reports it's national average 30 year fixed mortgage rate at 5.15 percent.

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Edward James Ferrara III spent 8 years (2001-2008) brokering and banking home loans in Orange County, CA to the tune of some 500 million dollars in mortgages funded by May of 2008, when he founded the rate research website FreeRateUpdate.com. Ed recently married and became a first time father (Edward James Ferrara IV). Ed also contributes to the Realty Times. To contact Ed, email him or call him at (714) 694-5914.