Rates on 30 Year Fixed Mortgages fall to 4.69%, the lowest level on record, Freddie Mac says.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level on record, giving consumer's added incentive to lock in low payments for home purchases and refinanced loans.
The average rate for 30 Year Fixed loan sank to 4.69%, from 4.75% last week, Mortgage Company Freddie Mac said Thursday. That's the lowest point since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971. The previous record of 4.71% was set in December 2009.
15 Year Fixed Rate mortgages fell to an average of 4.13%. That was the lowest on record dating back to September 1991. It was down from 4.20% a week earlier.