- Housing News
- April 16, 2026
Mortgage Rates Drop to Lowest Level in a Month
As the spring housing market warms up, mortgage interest rates fell to their lowest level in a month.
Clare Trapasso is the editorial director at New American Funding. She was previously the Executive News Editor for Realtor.com and a reporter for a Financial Times publication, the New York Daily News, and the Associated Press. She also taught journalism courses at several New York City colleges. She loves dogs, hiking and kayaking, and New York pizza.
As the spring housing market warms up, mortgage interest rates fell to their lowest level in a month.
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Mortgage interest rates ticked up this week, but remained about half a point lower than they were during last year’s spring housing market.
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Mortgage interest rates fell to their lowest level since September of 2022, flirting with dipping below 6%.
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