mortgage rate
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Freddie Mac’s weekly 30-year fixed mortgage rate average was 6.52% on Thursday, up from last week’s averaged 6.48%.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Mortgage rates last week stood around 6.5%, but “if somehow the mortgage rate can return back to near 6%, definitely home sales would be coming out of this three years of slump,” Yun said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Read next: Want the lowest mortgage rate you can get?
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield, a barometer for mortgage rate movements, increased roughly 0.11 percentage point between Thursday, May 14 and Wednesday, May 20—roughly the period reflected in Freddie Mac’s weekly average.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
The home was more expensive than the existing homes they had looked at, but the lower mortgage rate made the monthly payments about the same.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
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