US 15-Year Mortgage Rate Falls to 5.96%
Brief · Published 2026-08-13 · Data period 2026-08-13
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The 15-year mortgage rate fell to 5.96% in the week ended August 13, from 6.01% a week earlier. The rate has fluctuated between 5.79% and 6.04% over the past three months and remains above the year-ago level of 5.71%. It is far from the all-time high of 8.89% in December 1994 and the record low of 2.10% in August 2021, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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Data source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
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