WASHINGTON- 30-year fixed mortgage rates drop to 4.93% for the second straight week, showed by a report on Thursday, but still are above than the lower record of last years. 

This week, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage was recorded 4.93% that was 4.97% a week earlier, stated by Freddie Mac mortgage finance company.

In the beginning of December, a drop in the rates recorded to low of 4.71%, drooped in the response of government’s campaign to shrink the borrowing costs of consumer.

Mortgage rates were collected by Freddie Mac from Monday to Wednesday every week from the lenders of the whole country. Fluctuations occur on rates even on the same given day and often in line with Treasury bonds (long-term).

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Mortgage interest rates for Jumbo loans have also gone down in previous week. Due to this decline, the difference between normal mortgage rates and jumbo rates is also reduced. Spread has narrowed so to speak.

During Last year, as we entered the credit crisis, banks were very reluctant to give Jumbo Loans. For those lucky few, who got the loan, the interest rate charged on Jumbo loans was sky high. I know a friend who paid 2.5 percent more than the prevailing interest rate for conforming mortgage rates.

Current trend in jumbo mortgage rates is that it is now back to normal. By normal, it means that you can now easily find a Jumbo Loan with mortgage rates that are only less than one percent above the conforming mortgage rates.

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Mortgage rates went down sharply last week. It is the sharpest decline we have seen over a peed of past few weeks. Home mortgage rates have come down intensively from the peak in June 2009. The most obvious reason for this is that world economy in general and US economy in particular is showing signs of late recovery. Some economic pundits are even saying that we have not seen the bottom yet!

Week Economic Outlook

Amidst of all this week economic data, and poor financial outlook, U.S. Treasury rates have declined significantly. Federal Reserve Bank is in no mood to touch the interest rate in near future. This situation is likely to keep Fed fund’s target rates between zero percent and one quarter of a percentage. U.S. economy is very less likely to rebound swiftly. Even European Union has also moved it forecast for economic recovery to late 2010 or early 2011.

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