Mortgage Rates Slip: Fixed-rate home mortgages are...

Mortgage Rates Slip: Fixed-rate home mortgages are averaging 10.05%, according to a national survey released by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. That rate was down from 10.17% last week. On one-year adjustable-rate mortgages, lenders were asking an average initial rate of 8.68%, down from 8.71% the week before, Freddie Mac said.