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Affordable mortgages continue to make this a good time for most of us to buy or refinance a home.
Over the past eight months rates have moved up a little, then down a little, but the average cost of almost all types of mortgages have remained well below 6.5% since mid-August.
Our mortgage rate comparison charts show many lenders offering rates of 5.8% or less with fees of no more than $1,000.
It would be great if mortgages were as cheap as four years ago when rates bottomed out at 5.28%, the lowest they've been since Interest.com (and its print predecessors) began its weekly survey of major lenders in 1985.
But today’s rates are still less than the 7% or 8% we were paying during the mid- to late-'90s, and the double-digit rates we were charged throughout the '80s and early '90s.
Anyone with even average credit can expect home loans to cost less than last spring and summer, when 30-year fixed-rate loans were climbing towards a peak of nearly 7% in late June.
Freddie Mac -- the government-chartered company that buys mortgages from lenders – anticipates 30-year fixed rate loans will average 6.2% this year and 6.4% in 2008.
Our latest survey of major lenders taken May 2 found the average:
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