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US mortgage rates unchanged on Thursday - BestInfo

Thu May 8, 2008 4:16pm EDT

NEW YORK, May 8 (Reuters) - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage with no upfront points was unchanged at 6 percent on Thursday, according to BestInfo Inc.

Bonds  |  Global Markets

The 30-year mortgage rate with one upfront point was unchanged at 5-3/4 percent.

The 30-year mortgage rate with two upfront points also was unchanged, at 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 Jan Paschal)



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