Mortgage rates rise, but 30-year fixed-rate still below 5% - MarketWatch

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Mortgage rates rose this week, but the average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages remained below 5%, according to Freddie Mac's weekly survey of conforming mortgage rates, released on Thursday.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.87% for the week ending April 9, up from last week's 4.78% average. The mortgage averaged 5.88% a year ago.

Rates on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4.54%, up from 4.52% last week. The mortgage averaged 5.42% a year ago.

Five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 4.93%, up slightly from 4.92% last week, but still well below their 5.56% average a year ago. One-year Treasury-indexed ARMs averaged 4.83%, up from last week's 4.75%; the ARMs averaged 5.18% a year ago.

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