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Archives for December 2025

Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly

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December 18, 2025
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has remained within a narrow 10-basis point range over the last two months. With rates down half a percent over last year, purchase applications are 10% above the same time one year ago.

  • The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.21% as of December 18, 2025, down slightly from last week when it averaged 6.22%. A year ago at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.72%.
  • The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.47%, down from last week when it averaged 5.54%. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 5.92%.

Information provided by Freddie Mac.

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Weekly Market Report

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For Week Ending December 6, 2025

At last measure, 34% of older households (those led by someone age 65 or over) were cost burdened, according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies’ State of the Nation’s Housing 2025 report. Over 12.4 million of these households spent more than 30% of their income on housing, and more than half of them (6.7 million) paid over 50% in 2023.

IN THE TWIN CITIES REGION, FOR THE WEEK ENDING DECDEMBER 6:

  • New Listings decreased 2.1% to 835
  • Pending Sales decreased 8.8% to 656
  • Inventory decreased 1.4% to 9,093

FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER:

  • Median Sales Price increased 2.8% to $386,647
  • Days on Market remained flat at 50
  • Percent of Original List Price Received decreased 0.2% to 97.4%
  • Months Supply of Homes For Sale decreased 4.0% to 2.4

All comparisons are to 2024

Click here for the full Weekly Market Activity Report. From MAAR Market Data News.

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