Mortgage rates were lower across the board, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate falling to 6.53 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.4 discount and origination points. Many online mortgage lenders offer competitive packages for home buyers and most of these offer free online mortgage quotes for your perusal. As a perk, some of these sites also offer free online mortgage calculators to help you calculate the costs and gains of the loan programs they have to offer.
