Average 30-Year Loan Rate Fell to 7.63% in Late June

The 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.63% in the week ended June 25, down 2 basis points from the previous week, but up from 6.96% a year earlier.

The average for 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages was 7.28%, up from 7.26% the previous week.

A year earlier the average was 6.64%.

The rate for one-year, adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 5.93%, or 1 basis point less than in the previous week, but substantially above the 5.68% of a year earlier.

Robert Van Order, chief economist at the mortgage company Freddie Mac, said interest rate anxiety has created volatility in the market in recent weeks.

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