Source: CNN—
Mortgage rates continued to rise this week, reaching their highest level in more than a decade.
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.11% in the week ending April 21, up from 5% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. It is the seventh consecutive week of increases and is significantly higher than the 2.97% average this time last year.
The last time rates reached this level was in April 2010 when they hit 5.21%, according to Freddie Mac.
