Today’s average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.72%, down 0.05 percentage points from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Borrowers may be able to save on interest costs by going with a 15-year fixed mortgage,

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The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.66% this week, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., commonly known as Freddie Mac. That's the highest it's reached in a year — at the end of last July,

The average interest rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.77% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.85%. For 20-year mortgage refinances,

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.61% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is 12 basis points lower than yesterday and one basis point higher than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to 6.66%, according to the latest Freddie Mac data released Thursday. That is up from last week's reading of 6.58%.

The Fed's benchmark affects many of the interest rates consumers see every day, including those tied to mortgages, credit cards, car loans and savings accounts.

TL;DR: Average mortgage interest rates are in a holding pattern, at least for today. We're not seeing much movement from mortgage rates today. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage remained at 6.61% APR, according to rates provided to ...