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<\/p>\nWe saw mortgage interest rates continue to creep upwards in the last 30 days. The recent increase will cost new borrowers an additional $6.22 per month for every $100,000 borrowed. Average U.S. rates for 30-year fixed rate mortgages were at 3.75% as of this week. Last month at this time, they were sitting at 3.64%. The slow and steady decline since November 2018 has halted for now.<\/p>\n
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Recent forecasts for changes in interest rates have been all over the board. Quite frankly, a good case can be made for rates staying relatively flat in the short-term. Regardless of any movement we see, we will still be considerably lower than the long-term average mortgage interest rates in our country.<\/p>\n
While it\u2019s hard to believe in today\u2019s environment, the long-term average is still over 8%. When you compare monthly payments at today\u2019s rates versus the long-term average, homeowners are currently saving about $271 per month per $100,000 borrowed. That makes mortgaging today\u2019s homes considerably more affordable than historic averages.<\/p>\n
Even with the recent rise, mortgages are less expensive now than they were last year at this time. The average decrease in monthly payments per $100,000 borrowed with a 30-year fixed price mortgage is around $70 per month. If you max out a conventional mortgage, that means your monthly payment will be around $339 less per month now than it would have been in October of 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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