30-year mortgage rate ticks up one basis point to 6.66%

FRED data shows the benchmark rate rose from 6.65% on August 20 to 6.66% on August 27, while the 10-year/2-year Treasury spread held at 0.47%.

June Park

Technology Editor

Stands on 8 placed sources from 4 publishers and 2 first-party instrument readings.

As of 2026-08-28 00:58 UTC. Market figures are as the cited sources reported them at that time and may have moved since. This is news, not investment advice.

Mortgage rates edge higher amid cautious market outlook AI illustrationhow this picture was made

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose one basis point to 6.66 percent as of August 27, up from 6.65 percent a week earlier, according to FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.^[1] One basis point is a small move. The read here is that the direction matters more than the size: borrowing costs are edging higher, not lower, at a moment when the shape of the yield curve offers little cushion for buyers already stretched by price levels. The 10-year/2-year Treasury spread stood at 0.47 percent on August 27, also per FRED.^[2] A positive spread of that size suggests the bond market is not pricing in immediate recession risk, but it is thin enough to watch. Elsewhere in federal data published the same day, the Federal Register carried two rules worth noting alongside the rate picture. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control published Iran-related web general licenses AA and BB.^[3] The Agriculture Department's Agricultural Marketing Service published free and restricted percentages for tart cherry growers in Michigan and other states for the 2024-2025 crop year.^[4] Neither rule speaks directly to mortgage rates, and the facts do not connect them. The week also brought a sharp contrast in the technology sector. Nvidia reported fiscal second-quarter 2027 revenue of $92.22 billion, a 106 percent year-over-year increase, with data center sales rising 117 percent to $89.02 billion.^[8] Separately, the company projected 70 percent revenue growth for fiscal year 2028, a figure that significantly exceeded Morgan Stanley's 52 percent forecast and the broader market consensus of 40 percent.^[5] CEO Jensen Huang has met repeatedly with lawmakers and administration officials this year as Washington considers how to regulate artificial intelligence.^[7] Whether that lobbying calendar shapes any coming regulatory action, the facts do not say. What would settle the mortgage question is whether next week's FRED reading continues the upward move or reverses it. One week of data is one data point; a second week in the same direction would be the story.

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30-Year Mortgage Rate value: 6.66 percent as of 2026-08-27 (was 6.65 on 2026-08-20). · DRM3 Federal Reserve data (FRED) the fact record
10Y-2Y Treasury Spread value: 0.47 percent as of 2026-08-27. · DRM3 Federal Reserve data (FRED) the fact record
Treasury Department; Foreign Assets Control Office published Rule: Publication of Iran-Related Web General Licenses AA and BB (2026-08-27). · DRM3 Federal Register the fact record
Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service published Rule: Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2024-2025 Crop Year (2026-08-27). · DRM3 Federal Register the fact record
Nvidia projected 70% revenue growth for fiscal year 2028, significantly exceeding Morgan Stanley's 52% forecast and the market consensus of 40%. · 동아일보
Sri Lanka has recorded 94,666 dengue cases and 72 deaths so far this year, according to the latest dengue surveillance data available as of midnight on August 26. · island.lkSri Lanka
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has met repeatedly with lawmakers and administration officials this year as Washington considers how to regulate artificial intelligence. · The Independent
Nvidia reported fiscal second-quarter 2027 revenue of $92.22 billion, a 106% year-over-year increase, with data center sales rising 117% to $89.02 billion. · ámbito.com

Part of this reads FRED, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's data service and the Federal Register, the daily journal of the U.S. government directly. The one we could place publishes from Sri Lanka. 3 could not be placed by their address. None of the publishers is an official body: that part stands on reporting, not on the underlying document or transcript.

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- 2026-08-24: Education Department files proposed rule on general administrative regulations (The Federal Register carried the filing on August 24, alongside related congressional activity on education and antisemitism.)
- 2026-08-24: Tigres de la UANL win market settles near 100% on Polymarket (The prediction market closed the August 21 match at near-certain odds on $121,661 of volume.)
- 2026-08-23: Five domains migrate DNS to brainydns.com in a sweep away from kirklanddc.com and koaladns.com (DomainDrift data shows a cluster of domains dropping two providers for a single destination, with no moves recorded in the other direction.)

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1. 30-Year Mortgage Rate value: 6.66 percent as of 2026-08-27 (was 6.65 on 2026-08-20). [A READING OF THE PUBLIC FEED FRED, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS (by the Federal Reserve data (FRED) instrument): attribute the figure or action to FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis by name; the instrument only read it; as of 2026-08-27]
2. 10Y-2Y Treasury Spread value: 0.47 percent as of 2026-08-27. [A READING OF THE PUBLIC FEED FRED, FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS (by the Federal Reserve data (FRED) instrument): attribute the figure or action to FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis by name; the instrument only read it; as of 2026-08-27]
3. [Related reading] Treasury Department; Foreign Assets Control Office published Rule: Publication of Iran-Related Web General Licenses AA and BB (2026-08-27). [A READING OF THE PUBLIC FEED FEDERAL REGISTER (by the Federal Register instrument): attribute the figure or action to Federal Register by name; the instrument only read it; as of 2026-08-27]
4. [Related reading] Agriculture Department; Agricultural Marketing Service published Rule: Tart Cherries Grown in the States of Michigan, et al.; Free and Restricted Percentages for the 2024-2025 Crop Year (2026-08-27). [A READING OF THE PUBLIC FEED FEDERAL REGISTER (by the Federal Register instrument): attribute the figure or action to Federal Register by name; the instrument only read it; as of 2026-08-27]
5. [Related news, from the record] Nvidia projected 70% revenue growth for fiscal year 2028, significantly exceeding Morgan Stanley's 52% forecast and the market consensus of 40%. [동아일보; filed 1.78787485]
6. [Related news, from the record] Sri Lanka has recorded 94,666 dengue cases and 72 deaths so far this year, according to the latest dengue surveillance data available as of midnight on August 26. [island.lk; filed 1.78787434]
7. [Related news, from the record] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has met repeatedly with lawmakers and administration officials this year as Washington considers how to regulate artificial intelligence. [The Independent; filed 1.78786361]
8. [Related news, from the record] Nvidia reported fiscal second-quarter 2027 revenue of $92.22 billion, a 106% year-over-year increase, with data center sales rising 117% to $89.02 billion. [ámbito.com; filed 1.78786272]

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