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Long-term US mortgage rates rise, staying near 2014 highs
Original Publication Date: December 28, 2016 10:01PM
Publication Updated: April 27, 2025 12:36AM
WASHINGTON – Long-term US mortgage rates ticked up again this week, staying at their highest levels since early 2014.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac on Thursday reported the rate on 30-year fixed-rate loans rose to an average 4.32 per cent from 4.30 per cent last week. That average is at its highest since April 2014. It’s a sharp increase from a 30-year rate that averaged 3.65 per cent for all of 2016, the lowest level recorded from records going back to 1971.
The average for a 15-year mortgage rose to 3.55 per cent from 3.52 per cent last week.
Rates began to climb after the November 8 election of Donald Trump. Investors have bid rates higher out of the belief that the president-elect’s plans for tax cuts and higher infrastructure spending will increase economic growth and inflation.
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