MCLEAN, Va. -- For the week ending Oct. 16, 30-year fixed-ratemortgages averaged 6.46% with an average 0.6 point, up from lastweek when it averaged 5.94%. This week's 52 basis points increaseis the largest weekly increase in 20 years, according to FreddieMac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

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Last year at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage interestrate averaged 6.40%.

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The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage this week averaged 6.14% with anaverage 0.6 point, up from last week when it averaged 5.63%. A yearago at this time, the 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged6.08%.

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Five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable-rate mortgagesaveraged 6.14% this week, with an average 0.6 point, up from lastweek when it averaged 5.90%. A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged6.11%.

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One-year Treasury-indexed ARMs averaged 5.16% this week with anaverage 0.6 point, up from last week when it averaged 5.15%. Atthis time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 5.76%.

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More than half of the panelists surveyed by Bankrate.com for theweek of Oct. 16 to Oct. 22 expect rates to decline over the next 35to 45 days.

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