Freddie Mac revealed this week that mortgage rates have ticked down. The average 30-year fixed-rate reached 6.3 percent on April 16, which was a notable decline from last week.
Explore the graph below to see how rates have moved over the past several decades, and click the button below the graph to get an image you can share on social media. And for more information, read Inman’s latest coverage on mortgage rates.
All-time high
18.63%
Oct 1981
All-time low
2.65%
Jan 2021
Latest (Apr 16, 2026)
6.30%
Week of Apr 16, 2026
Data points
2,873
Weekly, 1971–2026
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Source: Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS). Data reflects weekly averages for the U.S. 30-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgage (FRM). freddiemac.com/pmms
Editors note: This tool was created with the help of Claude AI
