Mortgage rates today, September 6, 2019, plus lock recommendations. Mortgage rates today are driven by movements in financial markets worldwide. When the economy heats up, bond price drop, and rates increase. When the economy pulls back, interest rates tend to fall. Mortgage rates held steady today, which is a victory in light of yesterday's big jump higher. Part of that jump was due to fear that today's jobs report would strike a similar tone to some of this week's other economic reports. That would have been a Mortgage Rates Today. As reported this week by HousingWire, fixed-rate mortgages could fall to 3.3% by the end of the year. According to Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, “Mortgage rates could fall to 3.3% before the year-end.