US mortgage rates up 1/8 point on Tuesday-BestInfo

NEW YORK, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage with no upfront points rose 1/8 percentage point to 6 percent on Tuesday, according to BestInfo Inc.

The 30-year mortgage rate with one upfront point increased 1/8 percentage point to 5-3/4 percent.

The 30-year mortgage rate with two upfront points also climbed 1/8 percentage point, to 5-1/2 percent.

The Mortgage Point Monitor is provided exclusively to Reuters by BestInfo, Inc., a Dover, Vermont-based provider of mortgage market analysis. (Reporting by Lynn Adler; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)