FMCC fixed mortgage rates climbing higher

Mortgage Rates on Six Week Streak Higher

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10:00 AM ET 6/13/13 | Marketwire

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Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey(R) (PMMS(R)), showing fixed mortgage rates climbing higher amid a solid employment report for May. Since beginning their climb last month, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has increased over half a percentage point. Regardless, mortgage rates are coming off their all-time record lows, which is helping to keep homebuyer affordability high.
News Facts

 --  30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.98 percent with an
     average 0.7 point for the week ending June 13, 2013, up from last week
     when it averaged 3.91 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM
     averaged 3.71 percent.
 
 

 --  15-year FRM this week averaged 3.10 percent with an average 0.7 point,
     up from last week when it averaged 3.03 percent. A year ago at this
     time, the 15-year FRM averaged 2.98 percent.
 
 

 --  5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged
     2.79 percent this week with an average 0.6 point, up from last week
     when it averaged 2.74 percent. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged
     2.80 percent.
 
 

 --  1-year Treasury-indexed ARM averaged 2.58 percent this week with an
     average 0.4 point, the same as last week. At this time last year, the
     1-year ARM averaged 2.78 percent.
 
 

Average commitment rates should be reported along with average fees and points to reflect the total upfront cost of obtaining the mortgage. Visit the following links for the Regional and National Mortgage Rate Details and Definitions. Borrowers may still pay closing costs which are not included in the survey.
Quotes Attributed to Frank Nothaft, vice president and chief economist, Freddie Mac.

View data-- "Fixed mortgage rates crept up further this week following a solid employment report for May. The economy added 175,000 new jobs and the number of discouraged workers fell by 780,000 to the fewest since September 2009. And although the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6 percent, it was due to a 420,000 increase in the size of the labor force; the underemployment rate fell from 13.9 to 13.8 percent in May.

View data-- "With the ongoing run up in fixed mortgage rates, adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) are becoming more popular among homeowners looking to refinance and for home purchasers. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate this week is 0.6 percentage points above the recent low set over the week ending May 2nd. In comparison, the share of conventional mortgage applications for ARMs rose from 13 percent of dollar volume at the beginning of May to 17 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association."

Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Today Freddie Mac is making home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing. For more information please visit www.FreddieMac.com and Twitter: @FreddieMac.
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