Mortgage Rates Improve From Last Week’s Spike

Freddie Mac

18 June 2015

Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average fixed mortgage rates moving lower from the previous week’s new highs for 2015 while housing data was generally positive.

News Facts

  • 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.00 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending June 18, 2015, down from last week when it averaged 4.04 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.17 percent.
  • 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.23 percent with an average 0.5 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.25 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 3.30 percent.
  • 1-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 2.53 percent this week with an average 0.2 point, unchanged from last week. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 2.41 percent.