Mortgage rates are up today, but still under 7%. Today’s national average on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.96%, according to Bankrate. If you choose a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage, the average rate is 6.

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans are now at their most expensive level since early May of last year. Most other new purchase loan types increased as well.

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly application survey has been doing a good job of tracking with the more granular daily rate data from MND. Both are in agreement that rates were on their way up to the highest levels in several months last week--a fact that seems to have taken a toll on both purchase and refinance applications.