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The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage remains flat at 7.20% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is unchanged from yesterday and four basis points lower than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.

Mortgage rates have been creeping higher since Monday, but it hasn’t been a dramatic shift. For now, rates appear to be heading back to roughly where they were last week, before a flurry of anxiety over AI profits prompted investors to pile into the bond market. Making matters worse, rates aren’t rising because concerns about…

The dynamic we’ve seen most of this week of investors losing confidence in big tech and turning to bonds is in full effect this morning. A pretty significant slump for the tech sector yesterday is showing up as a sizable drop in mortgage rates today. We’re still above 7%, but this is the lowest our…

A one basis point change is essentially no change, so while I could technically say mortgage rates went up this morning, realistically, rates are stable.

Mortgage interest rates are a smidge higher this morning as Wall Street regains some of its confidence in tech.

Mortgage rates are starting off this week with a nice drop, though the likely reason for the fall could be a little anxiety-inducing.

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.35% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is three basis points higher than yesterday but six basis points lower than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 7.32% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is nine basis points lower than yesterday and 11 basis points lower than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage…

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.41% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is four basis points higher than Friday but one basis point lower than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.

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