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Today’s Rates on a fixed 30-year mortgage are hovering around 6.3%. This is certainly higher than where they have been for the last few years, but history will tell us we are still on the low side.
You can always refinance in the future if rates go down again!!
Mortgage rate trends over time
For some perspective on today’s mortgage interest rates, here’s how average 30-year rates have changed from year to year over the past five decades.
| Year | Average 30-Year Rate | Year | Average 30-Year Rate | Year | Average 30-Year Rate |
| 1974 | 9.19% | 1990 | 10.13% | 2006 | 6.41% |
| 1975 | 9.05% | 1991 | 9.25% | 2007 | 6.34% |
| 1976 | 8.87% | 1992 | 8.39% | 2008 | 6.03% |
| 1977 | 8.85% | 1993 | 7.31% | 2009 | 5.04% |
| 1978 | 9.64% | 1994 | 8.38% | 2010 | 4.69% |
| 1979 | 11.20% | 1995 | 7.93% | 2011 | 4.45% |
| 1980 | 13.74% | 1996 | 7.81% | 2012 | 3.66% |
| 1981 | 16.63% | 1997 | 7.60% | 2013 | 3.98% |
| 1982 | 16.04% | 1998 | 6.94% | 2014 | 4.17% |
| 1983 | 13.24% | 1999 | 7.44% | 2015 | 3.85% |
| 1984 | 13.88% | 2000 | 8.05% | 2016 | 3.65% |
| 1985 | 12.43% | 2001 | 6.97% | 2017 | 3.99% |
| 1986 | 10.19% | 2002 | 6.54% | 2018 | 4.54% |
| 1987 | 10.21% | 2003 | 5.83% | 2019 | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 10.34% | 2004 | 5.84% | 2020 | 3.10% |
| 1989 | 10.32% | 2005 | 5.87% | 2021 | 2.96% |
Source: Freddie Mac
