After climbing for the last three consecutive weeks, mortgage rates reversed course this week, falling back near the lowest averages of the year. Mortgage rates had moved up 7 basis points over the past three weeks. However, most of those gains were erased this week, as the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 5 basis points to 3.43 percent, according to Freddie Mac. Click here to read the entire Freddie Mac press release.