BALTIMORE, MD—With home values up around 1.0% in the past year and mortgage rates having continued to increase, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its report on 2023’s Best Real-Estate Markets. To determine the most attractive real-estate markets in the U.S., WalletHub compared 300 cities across 17 key metrics. Baltimore came in last place at No. 300 on the […]
by Chris Montcalmo, Sierra Pacific Mortgage Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average 30-year Baltimore mortgage rates holding steady after rising last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.19 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending Feb. 2, 2017, unchanged from last week. A year ago at this time, […]
by Chris Montcalmo, Sierra Pacific Mortgage Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average 30-year and 15-year fixed mortgage rates rising. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.19 percent with an average 0.4 point for the week ending Jan. 26, 2017, up from last week when it averaged 4.09 percent. A year ago […]
by Chris Montcalmo Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average fixed mortgage rates in Baltimore and nationwide dropping to new 2016 lows in the wake of the Brexit vote. At 3.48 percent, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is only 17 basis points from its November 2012 all-time record low of 3.31 percent. The 30-year […]
by Chris Montcalmo Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average fixed mortgage rates largely unchanged. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.56 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending June 23, 2016, up from last week when it averaged 3.54 percent. A year ago at this time, the 30-year […]
by Chris Montcalmo Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average fixed mortgage rates declining for the second consecutive week – both in Baltimore and nationwide. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.54 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending June 16, 2016, down from last week when it averaged 3.60 percent. […]
by Chris Montcalmo Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average fixed mortgage rates up slightly from 2016 lows. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.64 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending May 26, 2016, up from last week when it averaged 3.58 percent. A year ago at this time, the […]
by Chris Montcalmo Freddie Mac on Thursday released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average fixed mortgage rates holding near 2016 lows. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.58 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending May 19, 2016, up from last week when it averaged 3.57 percent. A year ago at this time, the […]