Mortgage Rates: Home Mortgage Rates

mortgage-rates-home-mortgage-ratesThe average contract rate for a 30-year mortgage was unchanged this week at 5.34 percent with 1.15 points according to this week's Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The average contact rate for a 15-year mortgage increased slightly to 4.83 percent this week, up from the prior week's average mortgage contract rate of 4.81 percent. The average contract rate on a one-year adjustable rate mortgage (ARM) also increased, the rate this week is 6.58 percent, up from the previous week's average rate of 6.52 percent.

Even with the increase in home mortgage rates the MBA's mortgage loan application survey increased 10.9 percent on seasonally adjusted basis from a week earlier. The Purchase Index increased 6.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis and the mortgage refinance index increased 15.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis.

Home Mortgage Rates

Loan Term
Lender
APR / Rate
Fees / Points
Payment
Home Simply
NMLS #2473786
5.045%
15-Year Fixed
4.875%
$4,523
Includes 0.857 points for $3,428
Lender Fees: $1,095
$3,138 /mo
LifeStone Mortgage
NMLS #1085173
5.056%
15-Year Fixed
4.875%
$4,870
Includes 0.875 points for $3,500
Lender Fees: $1,370
$3,138 /mo
Tomo Mortgage, LLC.
NMLS #2059741
5.117%
15-Year Fixed
4.990%
$3,360
Includes 0.840 points for $3,360
Lender Fees: $0
$3,162 /mo
Bison State Bank
NMLS #757416
5.141%
15-Year Fixed
4.990%
$3,988
Includes 0.997 points for $3,988
Lender Fees: $0
$3,162 /mo
Different Mortgage
NMLS #324599
License: 324599
5.239%
15-Year Fixed
5.125%
$3,070
Includes 0.500 points for $2,000
Lender Fees: $1,070
$3,190 /mo
Zoom Loans
NMLS #1312186
5.365%
15-Year Fixed
5.250%
$3,000
Includes 0.750 points for $3,000
Lender Fees: $0
$3,216 /mo
New American Funding, LLC.
NMLS #6606
5.392%
15-Year Fixed
5.240%
$3,992
Includes 0.998 points for $3,992
Lender Fees: $0
$3,214 /mo
Blue Sky Financial, LLC
NMLS #1954591
License: 60DBO-113383
5.394%
15-Year Fixed
5.250%
$3,835
Includes 0.682 points for $2,728
Lender Fees: $1,107
$3,216 /mo
Home Simply
NMLS #2473786
5.466%
5-Year ARM
5.375%
$4,067
Includes 0.743 points for $2,972
Lender Fees: $1,095
$2,240 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
5.503%
15-Year Fixed
5.375%
$3,348
Includes 0.662 points for $2,648
Lender Fees: $700
$3,242 /mo
LifeStone Mortgage
NMLS #1085173
5.866%
5-Year ARM
5.750%
$5,146
Includes 0.944 points for $3,776
Lender Fees: $1,370
$2,335 /mo
Home Simply
NMLS #2473786
5.947%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$3,135
Includes 0.510 points for $2,040
Lender Fees: $1,095
$2,367 /mo
Bison State Bank
NMLS #757416
5.954%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$3,436
Includes 0.859 points for $3,436
Lender Fees: $0
$2,367 /mo
Tomo Mortgage, LLC.
NMLS #2059741
5.955%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$3,476
Includes 0.869 points for $3,476
Lender Fees: $0
$2,367 /mo
LifeStone Mortgage
NMLS #1085173
5.963%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$3,870
Includes 0.625 points for $2,500
Lender Fees: $1,370
$2,367 /mo
Zoom Loans
NMLS #1312186
5.964%
5-Year ARM
5.875%
$3,876
Includes 0.969 points for $3,876
Lender Fees: $0
$2,367 /mo
Different Mortgage
NMLS #324599
License: 324599
5.990%
30-Year Fixed
5.875%
$5,070
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $1,070
$2,367 /mo
Blue Sky Financial, LLC
NMLS #1954591
License: 60DBO-113383
6.094%
5-Year ARM
5.990%
$4,543
Includes 0.859 points for $3,436
Lender Fees: $1,107
$2,396 /mo
Different Mortgage
NMLS #324599
License: 324599
6.104%
5-Year ARM
5.990%
$5,006
Includes 0.984 points for $3,936
Lender Fees: $1,070
$2,396 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
6.200%
30-Year Fixed
6.125%
$3,196
Includes 0.624 points for $2,496
Lender Fees: $700
$2,431 /mo
Blue Sky Financial, LLC
NMLS #1954591
License: 60DBO-113383
6.207%
30-Year Fixed
6.125%
$3,567
Includes 0.615 points for $2,460
Lender Fees: $1,107
$2,431 /mo
Zoom Loans
NMLS #1312186
6.207%
30-Year Fixed
6.125%
$3,500
Includes 0.875 points for $3,500
Lender Fees: $0
$2,431 /mo
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
NMLS #399799
6.213%
30-Year Fixed
6.125%
$3,900
Includes 0.643 points for $2,572
Lender Fees: $1,328
$2,431 /mo
New American Funding, LLC.
NMLS #6606
6.329%
30-Year Fixed
6.240%
$3,768
Includes 0.942 points for $3,768
Lender Fees: $0
$2,461 /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.

The increase in home purchase and refinancing is probably because mortgage rates have come down from the recent highs set last month. The week of May 18, 2009, MonitorBankRates.com reported conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgages at 4.85 percent, on June 14, 2009, MBR reported fixed rate conforming 30-year mortgages at 5.70 percent, almost a full percentage point higher in a month's time. 30-year fixed rate conforming mortgages are now around 5.4o percent.

Jumbo Mortgage Rates

30-year jumbo mortgage rates increased a lot less during the same time frame because jumbo mortgage rates haven't come down as much as conforming mortgage rates the past year. On May 18, 2009, the average rate on 30-year jumbo mortgage was at 6.12 percent, on June 14, the average rate was 6.51, today's jumbo mortgage rates are at 6.28 percent.

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Author: Brian McKay
July 9th, 2009

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