Rates Fall to 10-Month Low

Borrowing costs were cheaper this week, as mortgage rates 

continued inching down. “The U.S. economy remains on solid ground, inflation is contained, and the threat of higher short-term rates is fading from view, which has allowed mortgage rates to drift down to their lowest level in 10 months,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. 

This is great news for consumers who will be looking for homes during the upcoming spring homebuying season.

Mortgage rates are essentially similar to a year ago, but today’s buyers have a larger selection of homes and more consumer bargaining power than they did the last few years.

”Freddie Mac reports the averages with mortgage rates for the week ending Feb.7:

Mortgage rates are essentially similar to a year ago, but today’s buyers have a larger selection of homes and more consumer bargaining power than they did the last few years.”

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Americans who say now is a good time to buy a home increased 4 percentage points month over month to 15 percent in January. As rate hikes ease and growth in home prices slows, Americans are gradually becoming more confident about their purchasing power in the real estate market.

Since last summer, growth in home prices has decreased to the slowest pace in more than six years, Overall, these results are in line with our forecast that, amid improving affordability conditions, home prices should stabilize in 2019.

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