Current mortgage rates are down, but higher than they were seven days ago. Rates are lower than they were in early 2025, when the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached above 7%. Even though Federal Reserve policy doesn’t directly impact today’s mortgage rates, they have been easing since the Fed began cutting rates in late 2024.

The typical monthly payment on a median-priced $440,950 home at today’s 6.75% mortgage rate is roughly $2,288. (That’s assuming a 20% down payment and excluding tax and insurance.) Last week, a median-priced home at a 6.72% mortgage rate would have cost homebuyers $2,281 per month—$7 more than what buyers would pay today.