Mortgage rates drop to 3-year low

The average U.S. fixed rate for a 30-year mortgage declines to 3.45%

The average U.S. rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage this week fell to a three-year low of 3.45% as worries about coronavirus drove investors into the U.S. bond markets.

That’s the lowest rate since 3.42% in the first week of October 2016 and it’s almost a full percentage point below the 4.41% recorded a year earlier, according to the Freddie Mac report.

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