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Mortgage rates drop to new low for the year, Freddie Mac says

U.S. home prices are slightly above the peak set in July 2006, according to the Case-Shiller national home price index.
(Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)
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Mortgage rates have hit a fresh low for the year.

The average for a 30-year fixed loan fell to 3.80% this week, down from 3.93% a week earlier, mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday. Lenders, meanwhile, offered a 15-year fixed mortgage at 3.09%, compared to 3.20% last week.

Plunging oil prices and concerns over the global economy drove yields on the 10-year Treasury note this week to their lowest level since May 2013.

That sent mortgage rates down as well, because they tend to track the long-term Treasury yield.

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The mortgage giant’s survey asks lenders each Monday morning through midday Wednesday about the terms they are offering to low-risk borrowers on loans up to $417,000.

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