They’ve been keeping records on mortgage rates since the 1950s. Presumably, the return of World War II vets to the states, and the birth of both the baby boom and the ensuing housing boom prompted the government to decide they should start keeping tabs on these kinds of things. Some context, my Dad bought a house on the Southside, behind the old Hope Haven Hospital on the corner of Bartram and Atlantic, for $15,000. That building is gone, replaced by condos. There’s a Publix across Bartram Road where the Atlantic Drive-In Theatre used to be. If you remember any of this, you can qualify for a discount at Denny’s.

During the week of ending February 10, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell to 3.87 percent. This the ninth time in the last twelve