{"id":42997,"date":"2016-01-21T10:28:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T18:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=42997"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T00:08:22","slug":"mortgage-rates-down-they-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/mortgage-rates-down-they-go-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rates: Down They Go Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"align-none\">Mortgage rates fell for the third week in a row, with the average 30-year, fixed-rate loan going for 3.81 percent, down from 3.92 percent last week.<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"align-none\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s the lowest they\u2019ve been since October, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\/https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/david-jeffers-bb14524\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freddie Mac<\/a>, which surveys lenders every week. And given all that&#8217;s going on in the world&#8211;stock market woes, falling oil prices, and economic unease in China&#8211;it\u2019s a decent bet home loans will get even cheaper, at least in the near term.<\/span><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"media-42998\" class=\"align-none\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"media-42998\" class=\"align-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/rates2016jan1.png\" alt=\"mortgage rates\" \/><figcaption>Source: Freddie Mac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The Freddie Mac mortgage rate survey had difficulty keeping up with market events this week,\u201d Freddie chief economist Sean Becketti said, as weak inflation and \u201cnonstop financial market turbulence\u201d drove investors to financial <a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-fed-rate-hike-wont-hurt-housing-heres-why.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">safe havens<\/a>.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Freddie\u2019s survey was all but done late by late yesterday, before spooked investors made a mad dash to buy U.S. Treasurys, a rally that pushed the yield on 10-year notes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/finance?q=INDEXCBOE:TNX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">below 2 percent<\/a>. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Translation: Global unease made it cheaper for the U.S. government to borrow yesterday. When that happens, it usually gets cheaper for homeowners to borrow, too.<\/span><br \/>\nWhat do you think? 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