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Mortgage charges maintain regular, Freddie Mac says

Editorial Board Published May 8, 2025
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Mortgage charges remained flat this week, mortgage purchaser Freddie Mac stated Thursday.

Freddie Mac’s newest Major Mortgage Market Survey, launched Thursday, confirmed that the common charge on the benchmark 30-year fastened mortgage was unchanged from final week at 6.76%.

The common charge on a 30-year mortgage was 7.09% a yr in the past.

IS THE US HOUSING MARKET BECOMING A BUYER-FRIENDLY MARKET?

“Mortgage rates stayed flat this week,” stated Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “At this time last year, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 30 basis points higher and purchase applications were declining. Today, rates are lower and have remained stable for weeks, sparking continued increases in purchase applications.”

The common charge on the 15-year fastened mortgage dipped to five.89% from final week’s studying of 5.92%. One yr in the past, the speed on the 15-year fastened observe averaged 6.38%.

THESE STATES WERE THE HOUSING MARKET MVPS, ACCORDING TO REALTOR.COM

Individuals have confronted an affordability disaster and provide points within the housing marketplace for years, making it tough for first-time homebuyers to enter the market.

“America is in a state of gridlock in terms of housing transactions where we’re really, for the last two years, we’ve been hitting 30-year lows,” Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales stated throughout a latest “Mornings with Maria” look. “That’s largely because of high interest rates. Most American mortgages — in fact, 70% of American mortgages — are below 5%, so prevailing rates are closer to 6.8%, perhaps even going up shortly. Sellers are very reluctant to sell because they’re going to have to refinance at a much higher cost.”

There’s a provide hole of three.8 million houses, in response to a Realtor.com report launched in March.

FOX Enterprise’ Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.

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