Mortgage Rates in the US Rise for First Time in Seven Weeks

  • Homes are lingering on the market as buyers take their time
  • While inflation is cooling, Fed rate hikes likely to continue

Residential homes in Teaneck, New Jersey.

Photographer: Yuvraj Khanna/Bloomberg
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Mortgage rates in the US rose for the first time since mid-November.

The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.42%, the highest since early this month and up from 6.27% last week, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday.