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The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans was 6.35% for the week ending Sept. 11, down from 6.5% the previous week and an 11-month low.
After months of sitting out a sluggish housing market, would-be buyers may finally have a reason to jump in: Borrowing rates are tumbling.
One housing economist says the 30-year mortgage rate will drop below 6% if next month’s jobs report is also negative.
Assuming a 3.5% down payment and excluding tax and insurance, the typical payment at today’s 6.35% mortgage rate on a median-priced $429,990 home is roughly $2,547 per month. Last week, a median-priced home at a 6.5% mortgage rate would have cost homebuyers $2,585 per month—$38 more than what buyers would pay today.