These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been relatively flat this week as investors gear up for another rate cut from the Fed.

US mortgage rates slip lower, their third consecutive week of declines as Freddie Mac reports 30-year fixed-rate mortgages ticked down to 6.60% from 6.69% from the week prior. Yahoo Finance senior housing reporter Claire Boston joins Brad Smith on Wealth for a discussion about recent homebuyer demand trends and what the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week could indicate about the rate environment.

After sinking most of the last three weeks and dipping to a 7-week low, 30-year mortgage rates have ticked up slightly. Rates moved higher for many other loan types as well.

The current mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell by 0.03 percentage point in the last week to 7.05%, according to Curinos. Meanwhile, the APR on a 15-year fixed mortgage dropped 0.05 percentage point during the same period to 6.

There's no easy way to say it: it was a bad week for mortgage rates.  Actually, it was a bad week for interest rates in general and mortgage rates typically follow the rest of the rate market.

The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 6.67% from 6.69%.

The recent decline in rates follows a mostly upward climb since the average rate on a 30-year mortgage slid to a two-year low of 6.08% in late September after the Federal Reserve

Mortgage interest rates have continued their post-Thanksgiving downward trend. In the week ending Dec. 12, the average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell eight basis points to 6.51%, accordi