Mortgage interest rates for conventional purchase loans rose from December 2016 to January 2017, with the National Average Contract Mortgage Rates for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders Index at 4.22 percent — a 22 - point increase, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently reported. (rismedia.com)
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that contract mortgage rates rose by four basis points to 4.05 percent in January 2018. (eyeonhousing.org)
Contract mortgage rates released by Freddie Mac, which covers all originations that it purchases, track the rates on purchases of newly built homes reported by the FHFA closely. (eyeonhousing.org)