"I expect mortgage rates to stay around 6.875% to 7.125% in December," says Aaron Gordon, a branch manager and senior mortgage loan officer at Guild Mortgage. "We won't likely see big moves downward until we see unemployment go up, less government spending or the Fed jump back into the mortgage market."

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are down slightly today, but where they go next depends on incoming economic data.

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Rates for 30-year new purchase mortgages fell again, lowering the average to its cheapest level in six weeks. Rates moved lower for almost every other loan type as well.

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have eased this week, but we won't see them fall substantially until inflation slows further.

Today, the mortgage interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 7.16%, according to Curinos. On a 15-year fixed mortgage, the average rate is 6.30%, and the average rate on a 30-year jumbo mortgage is 7.