SEATTLE, Oct. 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow® Mortgages is currently 3.81 percent, down fifteen basis points from this time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate dropped Wednesday, then hovered around 3.88 percent for most of the week before falling to the current rate.
"Rates dropped to the lowest level since June 2013 on news that the Federal Reserve has more reservations about the health of the U.S. and global economy than expected, which in turn, may delay rate hikes," said Erin Lantz, vice president of mortgages at Zillow. "With little economic news planned to overshadow the Fed's latest comments, this week we expect rates to fairly remain stable, hovering just shy of 4%."
Zillow's real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes submitted daily to anonymous borrowers on the Zillow Mortgages site, and reflect the most recent changes in the market. These are not marketing rates, or a weekly survey.
The rate for a 15-year fixed home loan is currently 2.96 percent, while the rate for a 5-1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) is 2.70 percent.
Purchase Mortgage Application Activity
Zillow predicts tomorrow's seasonally adjusted Mortgage Bankers Association Weekly Application Index will show purchase loan activity was unchanged from the week prior. Zillow combines loan requests made on Zillow Mortgages last week with the previous week's Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Weekly Application Index to predict the MBA's Weekly Application Index for purchase loans, which will be released tomorrow. For more information about this prediction, visit http://www.zillow.com/research/mortgage-app-index-part-one-7016/.
Below are current rates for 30-year fixed mortgages by state. Additional states' rates are available at: http://www.zillow.com/mortgage-rates.
| State |
Current 30-Year Fixed Rate (10/14/14) |
Last Week's 30-Year Fixed Rate (10/07/14) |
Change in Basis Points |
| California Mortgage Rates | 3.83% | 3.98% | -15 |
| Colorado Mortgage Rates | 3.79% | 3.95% | -16 |
| Florida Mortgage Rates | 3.82% | 3.95% | -13 |
| Illinois Mortgage Rates | 3.82% | 3.97% | -15 |
| Massachusetts Mortgage Rates | 3.82% | 3.96% | -14 |
| New Jersey Mortgage Rates | 3.83% | 3.95% | -12 |
| New York Mortgage Rates | 3.85% | 4.05% | -20 |
| Pennsylvania Mortgage Rates | 3.79% | 3.94% | -15 |
| Texas Mortgage Rates | 3.82% | 3.96% | -14 |
| Washington Mortgage Rates | 3.83% | 3.95% | -12 |
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