Mortgage Rates Fall Back From 7-Month High

2009 June 18

June 18 2009

Rates for 30-year home loans fell back this week after soaring to the highest level in seven months a week earlier.

The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.38 percent this week, down from 5.59 percent a week earlier, mortgage company Freddie Mac said.

Rates had risen for three consecutive weeks after yields on long-term government debt, which are closely tied to mortgages rates, had been climbing as investors worried that the huge surplus of government debt hitting the market could trigger inflation.

But data released Wednesday suggested that inflation remains largely in check, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has fallen back from an 8-month high of 4.01 percent reached last week.

Mortgage rates fall back from 7-month high

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