30-Year Mortgage Rates Break Back Above 6 Percent

Baltimore Sun (02/22/08)
Fueled primarily by inflation concerns, interest on long-term mortgage rates moved higher for the week. Freddie Mac reported a rise to 6.04 percent from 5.72 percent last week on 30-year fixed loans, which broke the 6-percent threshold for the first time in seven weeks. Rates on 15-year loans, which are popular in refinance deals, bumped up to 5.64 percent from 5.25 percent; while five-year adjustable-rate mortgages settled at 5.37 percent, up from 5.19 percent. One-year ARMs, however, resisted the downward trend and slipped to 4.98 percent from 5.03 percent in the week-to-week survey.