Mortgage rates hold steady, shrugging off weak jobs data and Fed rate cut
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-19 01:00

Mortgage rates were essentially unchanged for another week as financial markets brushed off a weak November jobs report. Learn more: Why haven't mortgage rates fallen since the last Fed rate cut? The average 30-year mortgage rate was 6.21% this week through Wednesday, according to Freddie Mac data, from 6.22% a week earlier. The average 15-year mortgage rate was 5.47%, from 5.54%. The 10-year Treasury yield, which mortgage rates closely track, was little changed this week, even though delayed jobs dat ...