Today’s Mortgage Interest Rates – October 19, 2009

Mortgage interest rates were mixed this past week, 30 year mortgage rates stayed above 5.00 percent this week and are slightly higher than last week's average mortgage rate.

Fifteen year mortgage rates were lower this week over last and 10 year U.S. Treasury yields rose during the holiday shortened week, as of last Friday yields were at 3.43 percent.

Current mortgage rates are expected to remain low for now but will start heading up when strong economic data is reported by the government and inflation becomes a real concern. Another factor that will drive mortgage rates higher is the completion of the Fed program to buy $1.25 billion of mortgage-backed securities. The Fed has already started slowing down the purchases and will complete the program in the first quarter of 2009.

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Current Mortgage Interest Rates

Today's average mortgage rates on conforming fixed rate 30 year mortgages are at 5.08%, up from last week's average 30 year rate of 5.02%. Conforming fixed 15 year mortgage interest rates were down this week over last, current mortgage rates are at 4.50%, down from the prior week's average mortgage rate of 4.60%.

Jumbo Mortgage Rates

The average fixed rate 30 year jumbo mortgage is at 5.80% this week, down from the previous week's average interest rate of 5.86%. Fixed 15 year jumbo mortgage rates were down slightly to 5.35% from 5.36%  the prior week.

Adjustable Mortgage Interest Rates

Conforming one-year adjustable mortgage rates are at 4.38% this week, up from last week's average interest rate of 4.12%. One year jumbo mortgage rates were down considerably this week, current mortgage rates are at 5.49%, down from the prior week's rate of 5.81%.

Conforming 3/1 adjustable rate mortgages are averaging 4.38% this week, down from last week's average rate of 4.45%. The average rate on a  jumbo 3/1 ARM is at 5.53%, down from 5.59%.

The average rate on a 5/1 conforming ARM is at 4.16%, up from last week's average rate of 4.05%. Jumbo 5/1 ARMs are averaging 4.89%, up from the prior week's average rate of 4.86%.

7/1 conforming ARMs are averaging 4.51%, down from the previous week's average home loan rate of 4.57%. The average rate for a jumbo 7/1 ARM is at 5.70%, down from 5.71% the prior week.

10/1 conforming ARMs are averaging 4.92% this week, up from last week's average mortgage interest rate of 4.77%. Jumbo 10/1 ARMs are averaging 6.07%, up from 5.96%

Interest-Only (IO) Mortgage Rates

The average conforming 3/1 interest only mortgage rate is at 4.48%, down from the prior week's average of 4.52 percent. Jumbo 3/1 IO loans are averaging 5.81%, up from 5.62%.

5/1 conforming IO home loan rates averaging 4.22% this week, up from 4.20% the prior week. Jumbo 5/1 IO home loans are averaging 5.31% this week, up from last week's average rate of 5.29%.

Conforming 7/1 IO loans are averaging 4.69%, down from last week's average interest rate of 4.72%. Jumbo 7/1 IO mortgages are averaging 6.18%, down from 6.26%.

Home Equity Loans

The average rate on a 10 year home equity loan is at back under 7.50% at 7.47%, down from the previous week's average loan rate of 7.65%. 15 year home equity loans are averaging 7.60 percent this week.

Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC)

Average home equity line of credit rates are at 4.87 percent this week, down considerably from last week's average HELOC rate of 5.10 percent.