Housing Affordability Improves to 3-year High as Mortgage Rate Dips: Zillow

The average weekly rate on a 30-year mortgage has dropped from 7.04 percent in January to 6.26 percent.
Housing Affordability Improves to 3-year High as Mortgage Rate Dips: Zillow
Homes in Huntington Beach, Calif., on July 12, 2024. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
|Updated:
0:00
A decline in mortgage rates improved home affordability conditions in the United States to the best level in three years in October, real estate marketplace Zillow said in a Nov. 18 statement.

The average 30-year mortgage rate fell to 6.25 percent in October, the lowest monthly average in more than a year. Meanwhile, home values remained steady from 2024. Combined, this caused mortgage payments to dip by 1.8 percent for the month, according to Zillow.

Naveen Athrappully
Naveen Athrappully
Reporter
Naveen Athrappully is a news reporter covering business and world events at The Epoch Times.