Thursday, June 29, 2006

Fixed mortgage rates climb again

NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Fixed mortgage rates increased for the third consecutive week as higher interest rate expectations take hold. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage jumped from 6.83 percent to 6.93 percent, the highest since April 17, 2002, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders. The 30-year fixed rate mortgages in this week's survey had an average of 0.34 discount and origination points.