Okay, so same old news in regards to Mortgage Rates. New Lows Once again. The only difference is that now demand for these record low interest rates is even less. The good news is that less demand means that these lower than ever mortgage rates will probably stay low for a while. There’s still hope that interest rates will remain incredibly low for those borrowers who may not be able to qualify for home loans until next year. Here’s the scoop from the professionals at Inman News:
Freddie Mac’s weekly rate survey showed 30-year fixed-rate mortgages hitting 4.44 percent for the week ending Aug. 12, a new low in records dating back to 1971.
At 3.92 percent, 15-year fixed-rate mortgages were also at a low in records dating to 1991, while 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) loans averaged 3.56 percent — the lowest surveyed in records dating to 2005.
But low rates haven’t translated into demand for loans, another survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association showed. Many borrowers who might benefit by refinancing have already done so, and housing sales slowed after the expiration of the federal homebuyer tax credits.
Demand for purchase loans was down 34.1 percent from a year ago during the week ending Aug. 6, and requests to refinance accounted for 78.1 percent of all loan applications, the MBA survey found.
