Mortgage rates rose again this week after the US lost its last top credit rating and jittery investors dumped their Treasury holdings, sending yields higher. The average 30-year mortgage rate was 6.86 ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage has remained relatively close to its high so far this year of just above 7%, which it set in mid-January. The average rate’s low point so far was five weeks ago, ...

Freddie Mac’s rate for a 30-year fixed-rate averaged 6.86% for the week ending May 22, an increase of 0.05 percentage points.