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4.71%: Mortgage Rates at All-Time Low

  • December 3rd 2009

by Mark Wellborn

Just before Thanksgiving, Freddie Mac reported that 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 4.78 percent, tying a record low set back in April. This morning, Freddie Mac reported that rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped to 4.71 percent, a new record low for these rates since the mortgage and loan corporation started keeping track in 1970.

From Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft:

“Interest rates for 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages fell for the fifth consecutive week to an all-time low while the average rate on five-year (adjustable-rate mortgages) hovered near its record set in the previous week.”

Back in 2007, interest rates were approaching 7 percent, so the difference that two years makes in terms of the money that you can save buying now versus back then is pretty significant. For example, the monthly payments on a $499,000 home (where you put 20 percent down) in 2007 would’ve been $2,656; with today’s rates, the monthly payments would be $2,073, almost a $600 difference.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/4.71_mortgage_rates_at_all-time_low/1572.

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