The 30-year mortgage rate average surged again Tuesday, climbing to 6.93%. The flagship average has added 23 points in just two days and is now at its highest level since mid-February. Rate movement was mixed for other mortgage types.

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Today's New Purchase Mortgage Rate Averages

Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages tacked on 8 basis points Tuesday after surging 15 basis points the previous day. The new average stands at 6.93%. The current reading leaves rates 43 points above 2025's low of 6.50%.

In January, the 30-year average surged to 7.13%, its highest level since October. So today's rates are substantially improved vs. three months ago. They're also 1.08 percentage points cheaper than the historic 23-year peak of 8.01% in October 2023.

In contrast, last September saw a historic plunge for 30-year rates—sinking to a two-y🐻ear lo✨w of 5.89%. The relief was fleeting, however, as the average surged almost 1.25 percentage points over the ensuing three months.

Rates on 15-year mortgages also surged Tuesday, rising 14 basis points to 6.07%. That's compared to a recent four-month low of 5.60%. As with 30-year rates, the 15-year average fell to its cheapest level in two years back in September, plummeting to 4.97%. Though today's 15-year average is elevated, it's 1.01 percentage points below October 2023's historic 7.08% reading—a high since 2000.

Jumbo 30-year mortgage rose significantly as well Tuesday, adding 12 basis points for a 6.88% average. Last fall, jumbo 30-year rates sank to 6.24%, their cheapest level in 19 months. Meanwhile, it's estimated their 8.14% peak in October 2023 was the most expensive jumbo 30-year average in 20-plus years.

The Weekly Freddie Mac Average

Every Thursday, Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored buyer of mortgage loans, publishes a weekly average of 30-year mortgage rates. Last week's reading inched down a single basis point to 6.64%. Last September, the average sank as far as 6.08%. But back in October 2023, Freddie Mac's average saw a historic rise, surging to a 23-year peak of 7.79%.

Freddie Mac's average differs from what we report for 30-year rates because Freddie Mac calculates a weekly average that blends five previous days of rates. In contrast, our Investopedia 30-year average is a daily reading, offering a more precise and timely indicator of rate movement. In addition, the criteria for included loans (e.g., amount of down payment, credit score, inclusion of discount points) varies between Freddie Mac's methodology and our own.

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What Causes Mortgage Rates to Rise or Fall?

Mortgage rates are determined by a complex interaction of macroeconomic and✃ industry factors, such as:

• The level and direction of the bond market, especially 10-year Treasury yields
• The Federal Reserve's current monetary policy, especially as it relates to bond buying and funding government-backed mortgages
• Competition between mortgage lenders and across loan types

Because any number of these can cause fluctuations simultaneously, it's generally difficult to attribute the change to any one factor.

Macroeconomic factors kept the mortgage market relatively low for much of 2021. In particular, the Federal Reserve had been buying billions of dollars of bonds in response to the pandemic's economic pressures. This 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:bond-buying policy is a major influencer of mortgage rates.

But starting in November 2021, the Fed began tapering its bond purchases downward, making sizable reductions each month until reaching net zero in March 2022.

Between that time and July 2023, the Fed aggressively raised the 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:federal funds rate to fight decades-high inflation. While the fed funds rate can 💟influence mortgage rates, it doesn't directly do so. In fact, the fed funds rate and mortgage rates can move in opposite directions.

But given the historic speed and magnitude of the Fed's 2022 and 2023 rate increases—raising the benchmark rate 5.25 percentage points over 16 months—even the indirect influence of the fed funds rate has resulted in a dramatic upward impact on mortgage rates over the last two years.

The Fed maintained the federal funds rate at its peak level for almost 14 months, beginning in July 2023. But in September, the central bank 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:announced a first rate cut of 0.50 percent💙age points, and then followed that with quarter-point reductions in November and December.

For its second meeting of 2025, however, the Fed opted to 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:hold rates steady—and it’s possible the central bank may not make another rate cut for months. At their March 19 meeting, the Fed released its quarterly rate forecast, which showed that, at that time, the central bankers’ median expectation for the rest of the year was just two quarter-point rate cuts. With a total of eight🧸 rate-setting meetings scheduled per year, that means we could see mꦺultiple rate-hold announcements in 2025.

How We Track Mortgage Rates

The national and state averages cited above are provided as is via the Zillow Mortgage API, assuming a 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:loan-to-value (LTV) ratio of 80% (i.e., a down payment of at least 20%) and an applicant credit score in the 680–739 ♒range. The resulting rates represent what borrowers should expect when receiving quotes from lenders based on their qualifications, which may vary from advertised teaser rates. © Zillow, Inc., 2025. Use is subject to the Zillow Terms of Use.