30-Year Mortgage Rates Above 3.50 Percent For First Time Since Last September

Mortgage rates pushed above 3.50 nationally for the first time since Sept. 13, according to weekly data released Thursday morning by Freddie Mac.
Rates for 30-year loans averaged 3.53, up from 3.42 the previous week. Fifteen-year rates averaged 2.81 percent, up from 2.71 the previous week.

This week:
30-year: 3.54 percent
15-year: 2.82 percent

Last week:
30-year: 3.45 percent
15-year: 2.74 percent

A year ago
30-year: 3.86 percent
15-year: 3.14 percent