{"id":40673,"date":"2016-01-07T08:49:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T16:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=40673"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:08:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T00:08:23","slug":"mortgage-rate-watch-home-loans-just-got-cheaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/mortgage-rate-watch-home-loans-just-got-cheaper\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rate Watch: Home Loans Just Got Cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"align-none\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Didn\u2019t we tell you not to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-fed-rate-hike-wont-hurt-housing-heres-why.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">fear the Fed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? The average rate on 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week, reaching 3.97 percent after ticking up to 4.01 percent at the end of 2015, according to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\/index.html?intcmp=CWS-HP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Freddie Mac\u2019s <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">weekly survey.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At this time last year, 30-year, fixed-rate loans averaged 3.73 percent. <\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"align-none\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the exception of <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/mortgage-rate-watch-farewell-3-percent.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">last week<\/a>, mortgage rates have been below 4 percent since July.<\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"align-none\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Why did they fall? Political and stock market turmoil&#8211;which we\u2019ve had in spades&#8211;causes banks and investors to seek a safe harbor for their money and the U.S. mortgage market is one place they run. In the simplest terms, when more people are rushing to give you a home loan, you usually can negotiate a lower price. <\/span><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"align-none\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This week, homeowners and buyers benefited from that global flight to safety.<\/span><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"media-40677\" class=\"align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rates2016jan-annotated.png\" alt=\"mortgage rates\" \/><figcaption>Source: Freddie Mac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didn\u2019t we tell you not to fear the Fed? 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