Mortgage Rates in US Increase for First Time Since End of July

  • Rate on 30-year, fixed loan is near lowest in more than a year
  • New listings have been rising, helping to ease supply crunch
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US mortgage rates climbed for the first time in three weeks.

The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.49%, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. Last week’s average was 6.47%, the lowest in more than a year.