Mortgage rates jump in lackluster market Long-term fixed mortgage rates return to November levels, Freddie Mac reports.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Following a January surge in refinancing activities, mortgage rates rose this week in the lackluster housing market, but are likely to decline, Freddie Mac reported Thursday. Refinancing activities, which had surged to a 12-month high in January, according to Freddie Mac’s monthly refi-share report, are likely to ebb following this recent rise in rates, said Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac ( FRE , Fortune 500 ) vice president and chief economist in a statement Thursday.

Nothaft noted that long-term fixed mortgage rates trended up for a third week, bringing 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages back to last November’s levels. The government-sponsored loan buyer said 30-year fixed-rate loans averaged 6.24% for the week ending Thursday, up from 6.04% last week. Last year at this time, the 30-year rate averaged 6.18%, Freddie Mac said. Freddie Mac also said 15-year fixed-rate loans averaged 5.72%, up from 5.64% last week.

A year ago, the 15-year rate averaged 5.92%. Rates on five-year adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) averaged 5.43%, up from 5.37% last week. A year ago, the 5-year rate averaged 5.93%. One-year Treasury-indexed ARMs averaged 5.11%, up from 4.98% last week. At this time a year ago, the 1-year ARM averaged 5.49%.