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Interest Rate Roundup   This week: May 8 - May 14
  Each week, Bankrate takes a look at the state of interest rates on five banking
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Interest Rate Roundup

Here's a look at the state of interest rates on five common consumer banking products and the latest rates from Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts conducted April 30, 2008.

Interest Rate Roundup
Mortgages

Rate: 6.16 percent (30-year fixed) Average Points: 0.36

Mortgage rates largely stayed put this week, with the notable exception of the one-year adjustable-rate mortgage.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage moved up a modest 5 basis points, to 6.16 percent. A basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point.

The average 15-year fixed -- a popular option for refinancing -- ticked up 1 basis point, to 5.71 percent. The average jumbo 30-year fixed also moved up 1 basis point, to 7.35 percent.

The one-year adjustable-rate mortgage surged 41 basis points, to 6.96 percent. On the other hand, the popular 5/1 ARM rose a more modest 4 basis points, to 5.96 percent.

Mortgage application levels fell moderately for the second straight week. For the week ending April 25, activity plunged a seasonally adjusted 11.1 percent from a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Refinancing was down 16.7 percent while applications for purchase fell 5.2 percent.

-- Chris Kissell

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