Today's Best Mortgage & Refinance Rates for June 4, 2020

Despite ticking up slightly this week, mortgage rates remain near record lows, giving a boost to the housing market and homeowners looking to refinance.

"While the economy is slowly rebounding, all signs continue to point to a solid recovery in home sales activity heading into the summer as prospective buyers jump back into the market," said Sam Khater, chief economist for Freddie Mac in a statement Thursday. "Low mortgage rates are a key factor in this recovery."

The volume of home purchase applications jumped 18% year-over-year for the week ended May 29, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).

"The pent up demand from homebuyers returning to the market continues to support a recovery from the weekly declines observed earlier this spring," said Joel Kan, Associate Vice President of Economic and Industry Forecasting for the MBA. Kan cautioned, however, that high unemployment and a low housing supply could hinder a more significant recovery in purchase applications over the coming months.

Refinance loan applications continued a 7-week decline, falling 3% from last week. Still refinance applications made up 60% of all applications for the week ending May 29. Even with the steady decline, refinancing applications are more than double their year-ago levels.

The overall number of mortgage applications (both purchase and refinance loans) decreased by almost 4% from one week ago.

Average Mortgage Rates

The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ticked up to 3.18% with 0.7 points paid for the week ending June 4, according to Freddie Mac. That is just 0.3 percentage points higher than the all-time low of 3.15% set last week.

A year ago the average rate was 3.82%. A homeowner with a $250,000 mortgage balance paying 3.82% on a 30-year loan could cut their monthly payment from $1,168 to $1,078 by financing at today’s lower rates. (It is important to note that refinancing involves closing fees and will reset the clock on your mortgage, meaning you will have to make payments longer.)

According to Freddie Mac the average rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 2.62%, unchanged from last week, while the average rate on a 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage dropped 0.3 percentage points to 3.10%.

Today’s Mortgage Rates

Of course mortgage rates vary widely by location and personal factors like the type of home you plan to buy, your down payment and your credit score. Here are today’s advertised mortgage rates at some of mortgage industry’s largest lenders.