30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall a Second Week

30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall a Second Week: "WASHINGTON (AP) -- March 24, 2006 -- Rates on 30-year mortgages, which had jumped to the highest level in 2 1/2 years, edged down for a second straight week.

Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.32 percent this week, down from 6.34 percent the previous week.

The latest decline was the second in a row after 30-year rates had reached a high of 6.37 percent the week of March 9, the highest point since rates averaged 6.44 percent the week of Sept. 5, 2003."