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
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
5.440%
15-Year Fixed
5.250%
$5,000
Includes 0.750 points for $3,000
Lender Fees: $2,000
$3,216 /mo
Tomo Mortgage, LLC.
NMLS #2059741
5.606%
15-Year Fixed
5.490%
$3,032
Includes 0.758 points for $3,032
Lender Fees: $0
$3,267 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
5.650%
15-Year Fixed
5.490%
$4,172
Includes 0.868 points for $3,472
Lender Fees: $700
$3,267 /mo
Zoom Loans
NMLS #1312186
5.652%
15-Year Fixed
5.500%
$3,968
Includes 0.992 points for $3,968
Lender Fees: $0
$3,269 /mo
New American Funding, LLC.
NMLS #6606
5.773%
15-Year Fixed
5.625%
$3,848
Includes 0.962 points for $3,848
Lender Fees: $0
$3,295 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
6.262%
5-Year ARM
6.125%
$5,860
Includes 0.965 points for $3,860
Lender Fees: $2,000
$2,431 /mo
District Lending
NMLS #1835285
6.356%
30-Year Fixed
6.250%
$4,500
Includes 0.625 points for $2,500
Lender Fees: $2,000
$2,463 /mo
Tomo Mortgage, LLC.
NMLS #2059741
6.569%
30-Year Fixed
6.490%
$3,292
Includes 0.823 points for $3,292
Lender Fees: $0
$2,526 /mo
Zoom Loans
NMLS #1312186
6.596%
30-Year Fixed
6.500%
$4,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $0
$2,529 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
6.600%
30-Year Fixed
6.490%
$4,592
Includes 0.973 points for $3,892
Lender Fees: $700
$2,526 /mo
New American Funding, LLC.
NMLS #6606
6.714%
30-Year Fixed
6.625%
$3,684
Includes 0.921 points for $3,684
Lender Fees: $0
$2,562 /mo
PenFed Credit Union
NMLS #401822
6.734%
30-Year Fixed
6.625%
$4,495
Includes 0.625 points for $2,500
Lender Fees: $1,995
$2,562 /mo
Zoom Loans
NMLS #1312186
6.968%
5-Year ARM
6.875%
$3,804
Includes 0.951 points for $3,804
Lender Fees: $0
$2,628 /mo
PenFed Credit Union
NMLS #401822
7.698%
15-Year Fixed
7.375%
$8,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $4,000
$3,680 /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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