Mortgage interest rates have seen a wide swing since 1976, ranging from a high of 16.63% in 1981 to a low of 2.96% in 2021. This chart shows how rates have moved over the decades, including a stretch of more than ten years when they stayed below 5%, from 4.69% in 2010 to 2.96% in 2021. Rates have risen since then, but they are still not far from historical norms.
Full article here: Historical rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages
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