Mortgage Rates Slide After Month-long Uptick

Mortgage rates, along with bond yields, rolled back in the past week with 30-year fixed loans averaging 3.59 percent, down from 3.66 last week, according to figures released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Fifteen-year fixed rates averaged 2.86 in the past week, down from 2.89 percent.

Here are the numbers in New England:

This week:
30-year: 3.59 percent
15-year: 2.85 percent

Last week
30-year: 3.66 percent
15-year: 2.84 percent

A year ago
30-year: 4.25 percent
15-year: 3.42 percent