Bankrate Inc : Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Hold Steady
10/20/2011 | 11:50am
NEW YORK, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage rates barely changed this week. The benchmark conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate inched to 4.38 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.38 discount and origination points.
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To see mortgage rates in your area, go to http://www.bankrate.com/funnel/mortgages/.
The average 15-year fixed mortgage dipped to 3.58 percent while the larger jumbo 30-year fixed rate slid to 4.89 percent. Adjustable rate mortgages were lower also, with the average 5-year ARM slipping to 3.24 percent and the 10-year ARM moving to 3.86 percent.
The last time mortgage rates were above 6 percent was Nov. 2008. At the time, the average 30-year fixed rate was 6.33 percent, meaning a $200,000 loan would have carried a monthly payment of $1,241.86. With the average rate now 4.37 percent, the monthly payment for the same size loan would be $999.16, a difference of $243 per month for anyone refinancing now.
SURVEY RESULTS
30-year fixed: 4.38% -- up from 4.37% last week (avg. points: 0.38)
15-year fixed: 3.58% -- down from 3.59% last week (avg. points: 0.35)
5/1 ARM: 3.24% -- down from 3.26% last week (avg. points: 0.41)
Bankrate's national weekly mortgage survey is conducted each Wednesday from data provided by the top 10 banks and thrifts in the top 10 markets.
For a full analysis of this week's move in mortgage rates, go to http://www.bankrate.com/finance/news/mortgage-rates-give-it-a-rest.aspx?ic_id=tsMortLk1.
The survey is complemented by Bankrate's weekly Rate Trend Index, in which a panel of mortgage experts predicts which way the rates are headed over the next seven days. More than half of the panelists, 53 percent, predict mortgage rates will be more or less unchanged over the upcoming week. The remaining experts were mixed with 20 percent forecasting an increase and 27 percent expecting a decline in rates over the next week.
For the full mortgage Rate Trend Index, go to http://www.bankrate.com/RTI.
About Bankrate, Inc. (NYSE: RATE)
Bankrate is a leading publisher, aggregator and distributor of personal finance content on the Internet. Bankrate provides consumers with proprietary, fully researched, comprehensive, independent and objective personal finance editorial content across multiple vertical categories including mortgages, deposits, insurance, credit cards, and other categories, such as retirement, automobile loans, and taxes. The Bankrate network includes Bankrate.com, our flagship website, and other owned and operated personal finance websites, including CreditCards.com, Interest.com, Bankaholic.com, Mortgage-calc.com, CreditCardGuide.com, Nationwide Card Services, InsuranceQuotes.com, CarInsuranceQuotes.com, InsureMe, Bankrate.com.cn, CreditCards.ca, NetQuote, and CD.com. Bankrate aggregates rate information from over 4,800 institutions on more than 300 financial products. With coverage of nearly 600 local markets in all 50 U.S. states, Bankrate generates over 172,000 distinct rate tables capturing on average over three million pieces of information daily. Bankrate develops and provides web services to over 75 co-branded websites with online partners, including some of the most trusted and frequently visited personal finance sites on the Internet such as Yahoo!, AOL, CNBC and Bloomberg. In addition, Bankrate licenses editorial content to over 100 newspapers on a daily basis including The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and The Boston Globe.
For more information contact:
Kayleen Yates
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
kyates@bankrate.com
(917) 368-8677
www.bankrate.com
SOURCE Bankrate, Inc.
