SEATTLE, Sept. 22, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow® Mortgages is currently 3.73 percent, down two basis points from this time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 3.67 percent on Friday before rising to the current rate Tuesday.
"Mortgage rates fell last week to their lowest levels since early May after the Fed deferred its first rate hike yet again," said Erin Lantz, vice president of mortgages at Zillow. "We expect rates to be mostly stable this week now that the uncertainty about the Fed's decision has subsided."
Zillow's real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes submitted daily to anonymous borrowers on the Zillow Mortgages site and reflect the most recent changes in the market. These are not marketing rates, or a weekly survey.
The rate for a 15-year fixed home loan is currently 2.89 percent, while the rate for a 5-1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is 2.71 percent.
Purchase Mortgage Application Activity
Zillow predicts tomorrow's seasonally adjusted Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Application Index will show purchase loan activity increased by 14 percent from the week prior. Zillow combines loan requests made on Zillow Mortgages last week with the previous week's Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Application Index to predict the MBA's Weekly Application Index for purchase loans, which will be released tomorrow. For more information about this prediction, visit http://www.zillow.com/research/mortgage-app-index-part-one-7016/.
Below are current rates for 30-year fixed mortgages by state. Additional states' rates are available at: http://www.zillow.com/mortgage-rates.
About Zillow Mortgages
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