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The average long-term US mortgage rate slipped this week below 6% for the first time since late 2022, good news for home shoppers as the spring homebuying season gets rolling. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate fell to 5.
98% from 6.01% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.AP This latest dip, its third decline in a row, brings it closer to its lowest level since Sept. 8, 2022, when it was 5.89%.They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.Some student loan borrowers are eligible for $2K payments — here's everything you need to knowMortgage rates have been trending lower for months, helping drive a pickup in home sales the last four months of 2025, but not enough to lift the housing market out of its slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows.Mortgage rates have been trending lower for months, helping drive a pickup in home sales the last four months of 2025.They posted the biggest monthly drop in nearly four years and the slowest annualized sales pace in more than two years. Still, with the average rate on a 30-year mortgage now below 6% as the annual spring homebuying season begins, it could encourage prospective home shoppers who can afford to buy at current rates to shop for a home this spring. “Assuming rates stay below 6%, buyers and sellers are going to start getting back into the market,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS. “March is when the spring homebuying season typically begins to ramp up and with rates at a three-and-a-half year low, it could be a barn burner of a spring homebuying season.”55K pounds of frozen blueberries recalled as FDA warns of potentially life-threatening listeria riskOf course Taylor Swift wore a designer look worth exactly $13K for a date with Travis Kelce
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