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Daily market update: Aug. 28, 2015

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Yesterday’s market news:

Freddie Mac’s primary mortgage market survey:

  • 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.84 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending Aug. 27, 2015, down from 3.93 percent last week.
  • 15-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 3.06 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending Aug. 27, 2015, down from 3.15 percent last week.
  • Five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 2.9 percent with an average 0.4 point for the week ending Aug. 27, 2015, down from 2.94 percent last week.

 

NAR’s pending home sales index:

  • The index value for pending home sales was 110.948, which represents a 0.5 percent increase month over month.
  • Last month’s index was up from the 110.369 index value in June.
  • The pending home sale index peaked at 112.3 in May 2015.

 

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