Freddie Mac: Trade war triggers mortgage rate volatility

Oct 24, 2019 |

This week, the average U.S. fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.75%. That’s 6 basis points above last week’s 3.69% but still more than a percentage point below the 4.86% of the year-earlier week, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The U.S.-China trade war is triggering interest rate volatility, said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. Even with […more]

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