WASHINGTON — Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages rose slightly from their lowest level in decades, inching up to a national average of 4.21 percent.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate for 30-year fixed loans was up from 4.19 percent the previous week. That was the lowest level on records back to 1971.
The average rate on 15-year fixed loans rose to 3.64 percent. That was up from 3.62 percent a week earlier, the lowest weekly average on records dating back to 1991.
Rates have been falling since April. The latest declines are largely because investors have been buying up Treasury bonds in anticipation of the Federal Reserve’s likely move to buy Treasurys to stimulate the economy.
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