There are multiple ways to get a mortgage interest rate below today's average 6.13% now. sakchai vongsasiripat/Getty Images

While it may still feel like mortgage interest rates in the 4% to 5% range are still a ways off, the reality is that rates are slowly but noticeably declining again.

Case in point: Mortgage rates have been declining for much of 2025 . After starting the year averaging over 7%, rates on Thursday again moved back to a three-year low of 6.13% . That opens new opportunities both for homebuyers previously stuck on the sidelines waiting for rates to become more affordable and homeowners looking to refinance their high rates.

However, just because mortgage rates are the lowest they've been since 2022, it doesn't automatically make them worth pursuing. If

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