Today’s Mortgage Rates Zap Mortgage Refinancing

todays-mortgage-rates-zap-mortgage-refinancingRising interest rates are causing a drop in mortgage refinancing, reversing an upward trend started earlier this year. An upward march of U.S. Treasury yields are causing today's mortgage rates to rise quickly, killing the recent mortgage refinance boom that was brought on my lower rates.

10 year U.S Treasury rates are nearing four percent today, a range not seen since October of last year, a sharp movement up since the low of around two percent in late December.

As a result of the sharp uptick in Treasury prices average mortgage rates are up. Fixed mortgage rates, jumbo mortgage rates, adjustable rate mortgages, HELOC rates and home equity loans have followed the uptick. To give you an idea of the fast increase in mortgage rates, 30-year conforming mortgage rates rose to the 5.60 percent range today, a sharp rise of the low of 4.85 percent three weeks ago, one of the lowest mortgage rates ever for a 30 year loan.  The recent mortgage rate trends will continue upward.

Loan Term
Lender
APR / Rate
Fees / Points
Payment
YouFi Home Loans Inc.
NMLS #2641203
5.523%
15-Year Fixed
5.375%
$3,876
Includes 0.969 points for $3,876
Lender Fees: $0
$3,242 /mo
PenFed Credit Union
NMLS #401822
5.554%
15-Year Fixed
5.250%
$8,000
Includes 1.000 points for $4,000
Lender Fees: $4,000
$3,216 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
5.667%
15-Year Fixed
5.490%
$4,600
Includes 0.975 points for $3,900
Lender Fees: $700
$3,267 /mo
New American Funding, LLC.
NMLS #6606
5.904%
15-Year Fixed
5.750%
$3,976
Includes 0.994 points for $3,976
Lender Fees: $0
$3,322 /mo
YouFi Home Loans Inc.
NMLS #2641203
6.701%
30-Year Fixed
6.625%
$3,128
Includes 0.782 points for $3,128
Lender Fees: $0
$2,562 /mo
Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.
NMLS #1025894
6.720%
30-Year Fixed
6.625%
$3,916
Includes 0.804 points for $3,216
Lender Fees: $700
$2,562 /mo
New American Funding, LLC.
NMLS #6606
6.844%
30-Year Fixed
6.750%
$3,880
Includes 0.970 points for $3,880
Lender Fees: $0
$2,595 /mo
Rocket Mortgage
NMLS #3030
6.869%
15-Year Fixed
6.750%
$3,000
Includes 0.750 points for $3,000
Lender Fees: $0
$3,540 /mo
PenFed Credit Union
NMLS #401822
6.884%
30-Year Fixed
6.750%
$5,495
Includes 0.875 points for $3,500
Lender Fees: $1,995
$2,595 /mo
Rocket Mortgage
NMLS #3030
7.589%
30-Year Fixed
7.500%
$3,500
Includes 0.875 points for $3,500
Lender Fees: $0
$2,797 /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 Mortgage Bankers Association released their weekly survey showing the mortgage refinancing index declined 11.8 and their Market  Composite Index which measures mortgage applications decreased 7.2 percent.

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury and the Obama administration have been trying to keep mortgage rates low to put a floor on the housing market, but their programs are starting to have the opposite effect and starting to drive current mortgage rates higher. Mortgage rate forecast is for even higher rates in the future.

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Author: Brian McKay
June 10th, 2009

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