Current Mortgage Rates Headed Down Towards 5.00% – Zillow Mortgage Rates at 4.98%

current-mortgage-rates-headed-down-towards-500-zillow-mortgage-rates-at-498Current mortgage rates are headed down to 5.00 percent which has been helping the housing market recover by making homes more affordable than they have been the past several years. This morning, Zillow's Mortgage Marketplace has 30-year mortgage rates under 5.00 percent at 4.98 percent.

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Mortgage rates have have gone down because  U.S Treasury yields are going down, currently 10-year bonds are yielding 3.32 percent, the lowest yield since May of 2009.

Loan Term
Lender
APR / Rate
Fees / Points
Payment
Nation Home Loans
NMLS #1513908
4.889%
15-Year Fixed
4.625%
$7,318
Includes 0.753 points for $3,012
Lender Fees: $4,306
$3,086 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
5.204%
15-Year Fixed
4.990%
$5,660
Includes 0.915 points for $3,660
Lender Fees: $2,000
$3,162 /mo
Solidify Mortgage Advisors
NMLS #1283930
License: 01970483
5.407%
15-Year Fixed
5.250%
$4,125
Includes 0.750 points for $3,000
Lender Fees: $1,125
$3,216 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
5.545%
15-Year Fixed
5.375%
$4,448
Includes 0.937 points for $3,748
Lender Fees: $700
$3,242 /mo
Rocket Mortgage
NMLS #3030
5.886%
15-Year Fixed
5.750%
$3,500
Includes 0.875 points for $3,500
Lender Fees: $0
$3,322 /mo
Nation Home Loans
NMLS #1513908
5.928%
30-Year Fixed
5.750%
$8,014
Includes 0.927 points for $3,708
Lender Fees: $4,306
$2,335 /mo
PenFed Credit Union
NMLS #401822
5.962%
15-Year Fixed
5.750%
$5,500
Includes 0.375 points for $1,500
Lender Fees: $4,000
$3,322 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
6.013%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$6,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $2,000
$2,367 /mo
PenFed Credit Union
NMLS #401822
6.048%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$7,500
Includes 0.875 points for $3,500
Lender Fees: $4,000
$2,367 /mo
Solidify Mortgage Advisors
NMLS #1283930
License: 01970483
6.119%
30-Year Fixed
6.000%
$5,125
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $1,125
$2,399 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
6.231%
30-Year Fixed
6.125%
$4,544
Includes 0.961 points for $3,844
Lender Fees: $700
$2,431 /mo
Rocket Mortgage
NMLS #3030
6.722%
30-Year Fixed
6.625%
$4,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $0
$2,562 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
7.011%
5-Year ARM
6.875%
$5,560
Includes 0.890 points for $3,560
Lender Fees: $2,000
$2,628 /mo
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.

Late last year when the credit crises was in full swing investors flocked to Treasuries as a save heaven and drove yields down to just above 2.00 percent. Mortgage rates didn't drop as fast or low as bond yields did, in fact today's mortgage rates are lower than mortgage interest rates were in December, the average mortgage rate was 5.29 percent.

Current Mortgage Rates

Yesterday, Freddie Mac reported in their latest mortgage survey that 30-year mortgage rates were at 5.08 percent for the week ending September 3, 2009. 15-year mortgage rates are just above 4.50 percent, yesterday's 15-year fixed mortgage rate was at 4.54 percent according to Freddie's mortgage survey.

Current Jumbo mortgages Rates

Jumbo mortgage rates are also headed down, current 30-year jumbo mortgage rates are under 6.00 percent at 5.92 percent. The recent high for 30-year jumbo rate mortgages was at 6.59 percent back in June of 2009. 15-year jumbo mortgage rates are at 5.66 percent today, the most recent average high for 15-year jumbo rate mortgages was at 6.39 percent back in June of this year.

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Author: Brian McKay
September 4th, 2009

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