Mortgage Rates Rise Slightly; Current 30-Year Fixed Rate is 4.78%, According to Zillow(R) Mortgage Rate Ticker

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Mar 16, 2010, 02:49 ET

SEATTLE, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is currently 4.78 percent, up two basis points from 4.76 percent compared to this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose and fell the past week with a Monday spike to 4.85 percent.

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Zillow's real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes submitted daily to anonymous borrowers through the site, and reflect the most recent changes in the market. These are not marketing rates, or a weekly survey.

The rate for 15-year fixed home loans is currently 4.22 percent, while the rate for 5-1 adjustable-rate mortgages (ARM) is 3.52 percent.

The total volume of mortgage requests in the past week was down 4 percent from the prior week. Of last week's requests, 32 percent were for refinance loans, 66 percent were for purchase loans and 2 percent were for home equity loans. This mix was unchanged from the prior week.

Below are current rates for 30-year fixed mortgages by state. Additional states' rates are available at: www.zillow.com/Mortgage_Rates.



State	Current 30-Year Fixed Rate (3/16/10)	Last week's 30-Year Fixed Rate (3/9/10)	Change in Basis Points
California Mortgage Rates	4.71%	4.79%	-8
Colorado Mortgage Rates	4.81%	4.85%	-4
Florida Mortgage Rates	4.80%	4.88%	-8
Illinois Mortgage Rates	4.82%	4.92%	-10
Massachusetts Mortgage Rates	4.85%	4.87%	-2
New Jersey Mortgage Rates	4.79%	4.79%	0
New York Mortgage Rates	4.80%	4.86%	-6
Pennsylvania Mortgage Rates	4.86%	4.96%	-10
Texas Mortgage Rates	5.02%	4.79%	+23
Washington Mortgage Rates	4.81%	4.80%	+1

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