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Mortgage rates rise, bringing the average rate on a 30-year home loan to where it was 4 weeks ago

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Mortgage rates ticked higher this week, nudging the average long-term U.S. home loan rate closer to its recent high for the year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.66% from 6.65% last week. One year ago, the average rate was 6.56%.

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  1. Quartz

    Mortgage applications are sliding again as rates climb to their highest level in three weeks (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The 30-year fixed rate climbed to 6.78%, pushing refinance demand down 2% and purchase applications down 0.3%

  2. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Average rate on a 30-year mortgage edged up to 6.66% this week, Freddie Mac says, back to where it was four weeks ago (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Average rate on a 30-year mortgage edged up to 6.66% this week, Freddie Mac says, back to where it was four weeks ago

  3. WHEC Rochester

    Mortgage rates rise, bringing the average rate on a 30-year home loan to where it was 4 weeks ago (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Mortgage rates ticked higher this week, nudging the average long-term U.S. home loan rate closer to its recent high for the year. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.66% from 6.65% last week. One year ago, the average rate was 6.56%.

  4. Anchorage Daily News

    Mortgage rates rise to 6.66%, bringing average rate on 30-year home loan to where it was 4 weeks ago (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows.

  5. Deseret News

    Are mortgage rates creeping up again? (opens Deseret News)

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    Deseret News's feed description

    Mortgage rates are moving slightly, but not in the direction homebuyers want to see. The weekly average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the U.S. inched up to 6.6% as of Thursday, a 0.01 percentage point increase from the previous week, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporatio…

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