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As 2020 Gets Underway, Mortgage Rates Drop

Mortgage rates are falling! Mortgage rates plunged to uncharted lows Monday March 9th and went on a wild ride. Fixed rates for a 30-year mortgage dropped to a range of 3 to 3.375 percent Monday morning, said Chad Helmcamp, senior loan officer at BWC Lending. During the span of a 10-minute interview with the Chronicle, he received two additional rate sheets from …

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Mortgage Rates Drop in Response to Overseas Volatility

Mortgage rates recently dropped in response to global uncertainty, helping to keep buyer activity strong toward the close of the homebuying season, according to Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). The results of the survey found the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaging 4.04 percent, and the 15-year FRM averaging 3.20 percent. The 5-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) averaged …