30 Year Mortgage

30 year mortgage rates are at historic lows. One can find rates from most banks under 5 percent. Last week's Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac has 30 year rates at 4.78 percent, down from 4.85 percent from the week prior. The survey is based on first-lien prime conventional conforming mortgages with a loan-to-value of 80 percent.

Conforming loans are mortgages under a certain dollar amount that either Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae purchase from banks and lending institutions after the loans are made to home buyers.

Effective November 2008, there are two sets of conforming loan limits provided for first mortgages - general conforming loan limits and high-cost area conforming loan limits. General conforming loan limits are $417,000 and high cost area loan limits are $625,000.

Loan Type

Purchase Refinance with Cash out Refinance

State

Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District Of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

FICO Score

Superior (780-850) Exceptional (760-779) Excellent (740-759) Very Good (720-739) Good (700-719) Above Average (680-699) Average (660-679) Fair (640-659) Need Improvement (620-639) Poor (350-620)

Loan Amount

$

Points

Up to 0 points Up to 0.5 points Up to 1 points Up to 1.5 points Up to 2 points Up to 2.5 points Up to 3 points

LTV

%

Loan Term

 15-Year Fixed  20-Year Fixed  30-Year Fixed  5-Year ARM  7-Year ARM  10-Year ARM

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Lender

APR / Rate

Fees / Points

Payment

NMLS #401822

5.642%

15-Year Fixed

5.375%

$7,000

Includes 0.750 points for $3,000

Lender Fees: $4,000

$3,242 /mo

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NMLS #1025894

5.667%

15-Year Fixed

5.490%

$4,612

Includes 0.978 points for $3,912

Lender Fees: $700

$3,267 /mo

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NMLS #2059741

5.751%

15-Year Fixed

5.625%

$3,272

Includes 0.818 points for $3,272

Lender Fees: $0

$3,295 /mo

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NMLS #6606

5.890%

15-Year Fixed

5.740%

$3,876

Includes 0.969 points for $3,876

Lender Fees: $0

$3,320 /mo

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NMLS #2059741

6.583%

30-Year Fixed

6.490%

$3,896

Includes 0.974 points for $3,896

Lender Fees: $0

$2,526 /mo

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NMLS #1025894

6.713%

30-Year Fixed

6.625%

$3,656

Includes 0.739 points for $2,956

Lender Fees: $700

$2,562 /mo

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NMLS #401822

6.770%

30-Year Fixed

6.625%

$5,995

Includes 1.000 points for $4,000

Lender Fees: $1,995

$2,562 /mo

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NMLS #6606

6.834%

30-Year Fixed

6.740%

$3,888

Includes 0.972 points for $3,888

Lender Fees: $0

$2,592 /mo

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NMLS #3030

6.909%

15-Year Fixed

6.750%

$4,000

Includes 1.000 points for $4,000

Lender Fees: $0

$3,540 /mo

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NMLS #3030

7.602%

30-Year Fixed

7.500%

$4,000

Includes 1.000 points for $4,000

Lender Fees: $0

$2,797 /mo

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Rate data provided by RateUpdate.com. Displayed by ICB, a division of Mortgage Research Center, NMLS #1907, Equal Housing Opportunity. Payments do not include taxes and insurance premiums. Actual payments will be greater with taxes and insurance included. Rate and product details.

Loan limits in Alaska, Guam, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are set even higher due to the high cost of housing in those areas. General conforming loan limits are $625,000 and high cost area loan limits are $938,250.  

These limits are for single family dwellings. Two to four family dwellings loan limits are set even higher.

Rates on 30 year jumbo mortgages are higher than 30 year conforming loans, especially now because the market for loans packaged together and sold to investors has pretty much been frozen since the sub-prime mortgage meltdown of last year.

The process of packaging loans together and selling them to investors is called "securitization."  This process frees up capital for banks and lending institutions to make more loans to home buyers.