US average rate on 30-year home loan 4.29 percent By The Associated Press May 1, 2014 5:26 pm FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Add Washington Examiner on Google FacebookTwitterEmailPrint Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages declined slightly this week as the spring home-buying season has gotten off to a slow start. Recommended Stories Utah GOP lawmaker introduces bill that would make livestock drug available at pharmaciesWho’s turning up for oil rig work in post-Maduro Venezuela?'America First' requires dominance of King Dollar Here’s a look at rates for fixed and adjustable mortgages this week and over the past year: TagsInterest Rates Related Content Op-Eds Trump Accounts leave taxpayers paying the price Beltway Confidential Jon Ossoff’s revealing posts Energy and Environment Judge orders restart of New York offshore wind farm, giving industry clean sweep of court wins over Trump Beltway Confidential President Trump, just let the United Nations die News South Dakota advances bill banning lab-grown meat