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Mortgage charges rise for third straight week, hover close to 7%

Editorial Board Published May 29, 2025
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The Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors and Realtor.com difficulty a report saying lack of housing provide stays a major drawback

Mortgage charges elevated for the third straight week and proceed to hover close to the 7% degree, mortgage purchaser Freddie Mac mentioned Thursday.

Freddie Mac’s newest Main Mortgage Market Survey, launched Thursday, confirmed that the common charge on the benchmark 30-year fastened mortgage rose to six.89% from final week’s studying of 6.86%. It marked the best degree since Feb. 6, when the speed on a 30-year mortgage additionally averaged 6.89%.

The common charge on a 30-year mortgage was 7.03% a yr in the past.

An indication exterior a house on the market in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. House costs within the U.S. climbed for a fifth month as consumers competed for offers within the least inexpensive market in a long time. (Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

“Aspiring buyers should remember to shop around for the best mortgage rate, as they can potentially save thousands of dollars by getting multiple quotes,” mentioned Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist.

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The common charge on the 15-year fastened mortgage climbed to six.03% from final week’s studying of 6.01%. One yr in the past, the speed on the 15-year fastened notice averaged 6.36%.

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Freddie Mac’s newest Main Mortgage Market Survey confirmed that the common charge on the 30-year fastened mortgage rose to six.89% from final week’s studying of 6.86%. (Ting Shen/Xinhua through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)

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

In the meantime, the Nationwide Affiliation of Realtors mentioned on Thursday that its Pending House Gross sales Index, primarily based on signed contracts, dropped by 6.3% to 71.3 final month.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast contracts, which grow to be gross sales after a month or two, falling 1%. Pending residence gross sales declined by 2.5% from a yr earlier.

“At this critical stage of the housing market, it is all about mortgage rates,” mentioned NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun. “Despite an increase in housing inventory, we are not seeing higher home sales. Lower mortgage rates are essential to bring home buyers back into the housing market.”

Reuters contributed to this report.

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