Mortgage rates are largely stuck at 7% for the time being. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it was holding its benchmark interest rate steady. The 30-year mortgage rate barely budged following the Fed’s announcement,

Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home dropped 0.4% from one week earlier and were 7% lower than the same week one year ago. Mortgage rates didn't move last week, but demand for new home loans continued to weaken.

The current average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.96% with an APR of 6.99%, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year fixed mortgage has an average rate of 5.97% with an APR of 6.

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Mortgage rates pulled back slightly this week, with the 30-year fixed rate averaging 7.03 percent, down from 7.06 percent the previous week, according to Bankrate’s latest lender survey. The Federal Reserve held off cutting rates on Wednesday and could keep to that stance until the inflation picture becomes clearer.