Real estate rates fall further

Freddie Mac predicts modest climb in '05



Mortgage rates dropped for the second consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage survey.



Freddie Mac reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.72 percent for the week ended today, down slightly from last week when it averaged 5.74 percent. The average for the 15-year fixed-rate mortgage this week is 5.15 percent, unchanged from last week.Points on both the 30- and 15-year averaged 0.6.



One-year Treasury-indexed adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 4.27 percent this week, with an average 0.7 point, up from last week when they averaged 4.17 percent



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