Good economic news pushed mortgage rates up last week, with a 30-year fixed loan averaging 3.45 percent. A year ago, rates averaged 3.94 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey.
Don’t cry. Rates have held below 4 percent for 32 weeks, the second-longest run of cheap borrowing the U.S. has ever had. The record was set from March 2012 to June 2013, when the cost of a 30-year loan held below 4 percent for 65 weeks.
Borrowing will remain cheap for now and home price growth is slowing, which is good for homebuyers.
