Mortgage rates rise, inching closer to 5% Mortgage rates rose again this week, inching closer to 5%. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.72% in the week ending April 7, up from 4.67% the week before, according to Freddie Mac. That’s the highest since December 2018. Previous Article ‘RHONY’s Leah McSweeney Dishes On The Show’s Reboot & Whether She’ll Join The Legacy Spinoff Next Article ‘The Masked Singer’s Hydra: Penn Raves Teller Did A ‘Beautiful Job’ With His 2 Voices