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Mortgage rates fall for first time in 6 weeks
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Mortgage rates fell for the first time in six weeks, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday.
Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.67% from last week's reading of 6.69%.
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According to the Zillow lender marketplace, mortgage rates are generally higher today, Tuesday, August 18, 2026, than they were yesterday — though the 30-year rate managed to remain mostly unchanged.
The average 30-year fixed rate is 6.53%, down one basis point since yesterday. The 15-year fixed loan is currently at 5.94%, eight basis points higher than yesterday. The 5/1 ARM is 6.39%, 15 basis points higher than on Monday.
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Mortgage Rates Continue Higher Despite Bond Market Improvement
Mortgage rates rose for the third straight day on Tuesday with the average top-tier 30yr fixed rate moving up a modest 0.02% to 6.75%. Notably, the bond market was actually in slightly better shape compared to yesterday–something that would normally be good news for rates.
So what's the catch? As is often the case when bonds and mortgages disagree, the x factor is timing. Mortgage lenders prefer to release rates once per day (usually around 10am ET) and they only change rates if the underlying bond market makes a big enough move in either direction.
Bonds lost ground yesterday, but not enough for the average lender to go to the trouble of raising the rates set earlier in the day. As such, lenders had to adjust for that bond market weakness with this morning's offerings. Ironically, the opposite dynamic is playing out today with bonds improving versus opening levels, but not by enough for the average lender to drop the rates set this morning.
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