30-year mortgage rate: 3.71 % (2016-03-31)
Reporting and findings
- documented
30-year mortgage rate: 3.71 %, period ending 2016-03-31. Population: U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Last available observation in each calendar month, including the latest partial month; not a monthly average.
- Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate [MORTGAGE30US] via FREDMORTGAGE30US; 2016-03-31 through 2016-03-31; source observation; retrieved 2026-09-28
Summary and current status
Observed economic data
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- Donald J. TrumpSubject of the cross-administration economic comparison
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30-year mortgage rate3.71 % Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- U.S. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages in the Primary Mortgage Market Survey
- Period
- 2016-03-31 to 2016-03-31
- As of
- 2016-03-31
- Method
- Last available observation in each calendar month, including the latest partial month; not a monthly average. Source retrieval: 2026-09-28.
- Uncertainty
- Not seasonally adjusted. Freddie Mac changed its survey methodology on November 17, 2022. Housing affordability also depends on prices, income, taxes and insurance.