{"id":45976,"date":"2016-03-10T08:49:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T16:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=45976"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:08:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T00:08:19","slug":"mortgage-rates-higher-after-strong-economic-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/mortgage-rates-higher-after-strong-economic-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortgage Rates: Higher After Strong Economic News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mortgage rates ticked up last week, helped along by a strong jobs report.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The average cost of a 30-year, fixed-rate home loan was <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freddiemac.com\/pmms\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3.68 percent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, up from 3.64 percent a week ago. At this time last year, the average rate was 3.86 percent, according to Freddie Mac.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"media-45977\" class=\"align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/rates-2016Mar10.png\" alt=\"mortgage rates\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mortgages have been trending cheaper all year, even though the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/the-fed-rate-hike-wont-hurt-housing-heres-why.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Federal Reserve<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> raised its own short-term rates in December, stoking worry that mortgage rates would follow suit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They haven\u2019t. Typically, mortgages track the path set by 10-year Treasury bonds, which have plummeted as a result of global economic and financial volatility. \u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Treasuries have fallen so fast that they\u2019ve left mortgage rates in the dust, a hint that home loans might still have farther to fall. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, Treasuries did inch up last week after employers reported a bout of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/redfin.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/jobs-report-employers-are-hiring-they-just-need-to-pay-more.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">strong hiring<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0in February&#8211;yields like to go up when there&#8217;s good news, and a stronger economy is good for everyone. But the pickup might be temporary, we\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For now, borrowing costs are super low. 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