The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance increased to 6.77% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.67%. For 20-year mortgage refinances,

After a brief decline earlier this month, mortgage rates are climbing back toward 7% again. Here's what experts are saying.

Rates for new 30-year loans have risen three days in a row, raising the flagship average to a new three-week high. Rates climbed for several other loan types as well.