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Government Shut-down is Good to Buyers

October 4th, 2013 4:10 PM by AJ Gentry

The government shut-down is definitely a cause for complaints and disgruntlements, but on the positive side of that coin, loans for buyers are still happening and the interest rates for 30-year mortgages are at an their lowest for the last three weeks:

  • 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 4.22 percent, with an average 0.7 point, dropping from last week’s 4.32 percent average. Last year at this time, 30-year rates averaged 3.36 percent. 
  • 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.29 percent, with an average 0.7 point, dropping from last week’s 3.37 percent average. Last year at this time, 15-year rates averaged 2.69 percent. 
  • 5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 3.03 percent, with an average 0.6 point, dropping from last week’s 3.07 percent average. Last year at this time, 5-year ARMs averaged 2.72 percent. 
  • 1-year ARMs: averaged 2.63 percent, with an average 0.4 point, holding the same as last week. A year ago at this time, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.57 percent. 

You can read the entire REALTOR.com article here.

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Posted by AJ Gentry on October 4th, 2013 4:10 PM

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