Fixed mortgage rates were on the rise this week, “applying additional pressure for those markets that are already feeling an affordability pinch,” Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey.

“Mortgage rates rose following the uptick on the 10-year Treasury note after comments by the Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated a possible increase on interest rates as soon as early 2015,” Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, explains.

Freddie Mac reports the following national averages with mortgage rates for the week ending March 27:

• 30-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 4.40 percent, with an average 0.6 point, rising from last week’s 4.32 percent average. A year ago at this time, 30-year rates averaged 3.57 percent.
• 15-year fixed-rate mortgages: averaged 3.42 percent, with an average 0.6 point, rising from last week’s 3.32 percent average. Last year at this time, 15-year rates averaged 2.76 percent.
• 5-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages: averaged 3.10 percent, with an average 0.5 point, increasing from last week’s 3.02 percent average. A year ago, 5-year ARMs averaged 2.68 percent.
• 1-year ARMs: averaged 2.44 percent, with an average 0.4 point, dropping from last week’s 2.49 percent. A year ago at this time, 1-year ARMs averaged 2.62 percent.

Source: Freddie Mac

Source: Freddie Mac