By Troy Corman, t2realestate.com
Mortgage rates set another all-time low for the August 20 end of week. According to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of mortgage rates, the 30-year fixed rate mortgage averaged 4.36%, which was down slightly from the previous week's average of 4.42%. This marks the lowest level for the 30-year rate since 1971, when Freddie began tracking the rates.
The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage came in at 3.86%, down from the previous week's 3.9%.
On average, the 30-year borrower had to pay 0.7 points, or upfront interest to get the record low rate in the 30-year mortgage. The 15-year mortgage borrower payed on average, 0.6 points. A point is 1% of the mortgage amount and is charged as prepaid interest.
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