Fixed Mortgage Rates Edge Slightly Higher

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  Published in Business and Finance on Thursday, April 19th 2012 at 7:11 GMT by Market Wire

Fixed Mortgage Rates Edge Slightly Higher -- MCLEAN, Va., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

MCLEAN, Va., April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- [ Freddie Mac ] (OTC: FMCC) today released the results of its [ Primary Mortgage Market Survey® ] (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates holding relatively stable this week amid signs that inflation remains in check with the 30-year fixed up slightly at 3.90 percent and 15-year fixed at 3.13 percent. Meanwhile, the average 5-year ARM hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent, from its previously low of 2.80 percent set the first week of February, 2012.

News Facts

• [ 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ] (FRM) averaged 3.90 percent with an average 0.8 point for the week ending April 19, 2012, up from last week when it averaged 3.88 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.80 percent. 
• [ 15-year FRM ] this week averaged 3.13 percent with an average 0.7 point, up from last week when it averaged 3.11 percent.A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 4.02 percent. 
• [ 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage ] (ARM) averaged 2.78 percent this week, with an average 0.7 point, down from last week when it averaged 2.85 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 3.61 percent.
• [ 1-year Treasury-indexed ARM ] averaged 2.81 percent this week with an average 0.6 point, up from last week when it averaged 2.80 percent. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 3.16 percent.  

Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and points to reflect the total upfront cost of obtaining the mortgage. Visit the following links for [ Regional and National Mortgage Rate Details ] and [ Definitions ]. Borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.

Quotes

Attributed to Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist, Freddie Mac.

• "Fixed mortgage rates held relatively stable this week amid signs that inflation remains in check.  [ Industrial production ] was flat in March, a reading below the market consensus forecast. Meanwhile, both headline inflation gauges (the consumer and producer price [ indexes ]) for March were in line with market expectations."

Get the latest information from Freddie Mac's Office of the Chief Economist on Twitter: [ @FreddieMac ]

Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible for one in six homebuyers and more than five million renters.

SOURCE Freddie Mac

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