The yield on a 10-year US government bond — the benchmark that fixed mortgage rates track most closely.
It is 0.25 percentage points higher than a month ago.
That is 0.91 percentage points above where it stood a year ago.
Today's reading sits at the top of its 12-month range of 3.97% to 4.95%.
Week on week it is up 0.18 percentage points.
Fixed mortgage rates usually run about 1.5 to 3 points above this yield, which is 4.95% today.
Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data, series DGS10. National average, not a personalised quote.