{"id":9351,"date":"2026-02-27T12:46:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/u-s-mortgage-rates-drop-below-6-percent-first-time-since-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T12:46:58","slug":"u-s-mortgage-rates-drop-below-6-percent-first-time-since-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/u-s-mortgage-rates-drop-below-6-percent-first-time-since-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop Below 6 Percent, First Time Since 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<p>\n<button class=\"button expanded newsletterBtn\"><i class=\"fas fa-envelope\"><span>Email<\/span><\/i> Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"sub-title\">Igniting a Refinance Surge Ahead of Spring Housing Season<\/h3>\n<p>The average rate on a 30-year fixed loan fell to 5.99% this week, matching its lowest level since 2022. A year ago, borrowers faced rates closer to 6.9%, underscoring how sharply financing costs have eased in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The pullback is already reigniting refinancing activity. Applications to refinance a home loan have surged roughly 130% compared with the same period last year, data from the Mortgage Bankers Association show. Many homeowners who were sidelined by last year&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldpropertyjournal.com\/real-estate-news\/united-states\/washington-dc-real-estate-news\/current-mortgage-rates-mortgage-bankers-association-february-2026-mortgage-data-declining-mortgage-rates-mortgage-refinance-data-for-2026-14686.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email Sign Up For Our Free Weekly Newsletter Igniting a Refinance Surge Ahead of Spring Housing Season The average rate on a 30-year fixed loan fell to 5.99% this week,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3259,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-immobilier","category-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nouvellesdirectes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}