Home mortgage rates drop again By Les Christie @CNNMoney October 3, 2013: 10:40 AM ET Tweet Email Print NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Mortgages got more affordable again this week. The average interest rate for the most popular kind of home loan, the 30-year fixed rate, fell to 4.22%, down from 4.32% a week earlier. Rates, as measured by a weekly Freddie Mac survey, have dropped from 4.57% since the Federal Reserve unexpectedly announced three weeks ago that it would not alter its stimulus program of buying Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities. Most industry experts had thought the Fed would start to taper off those purchases, which bring liquidity to the mortgage markets and help keep rates low. Related: Top 10 markets to buy an investor property The rate decline can also be traced to economic uncertainty, which has heightened due to the government shutdown, according to Frank Nothaft, Freddies chief economist. With the onset of the federal government shutdown and declining consumer confidence, fixed mortgage rates fell for the third consecutive week, he said.
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