The average rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage — a shorter term, a lower rate and a higher monthly payment than the 30-year.
It is 0.08 percentage points higher than a month ago.
That is 0.49 percentage points above where it stood a year ago.
Today's reading sits at the top of its 12-month range of 5.35% to 6.09%.
Week on week it is up 0.05 percentage points.
At 6.09%, a $400,000 mortgage over 15 years costs about $3,395 a month.
Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data, series MORTGAGE15US. National average, not a personalised quote.