Roundup: Mortgage rates / Facebook drop / Bomb threats By Deanna B. Narveson - February 3, 2022 FacebookTwitterLinkedinEmailPrint Homebuying: Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were flat for a third straight week after rising about half of a percentage point early in the year. The average rate on the 30-year loan held at 3.55… Already an INSIDER? Sign in.