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Mortgage Lenders under Government Scrutiny
Posted at Austin Real Estate Blog by Ki Gray
November 24th, 2009 2:41 pm
Tagged with: austin mls, austin real estate, countrywide, government, historical mortgage rates, homes, lenders, mortgage lenders, real estate
Topping the list of institutions under fire are the familiar faces of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the poster children for good intentions gone bad. The government entities faced renewed federal scrut... [Read More]
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Mortgage Rates Continue to Fall
Posted at Austin Real Estate Blog by Ki Gray
November 15th, 2009 7:25 pm
Tagged with: austin real estate, historical mortgage rates, homes, interest rates, lending, loans, mortgage rate widget, mortgage rates, real estate
While the expectation has been that mortgage rates would start to rise they have fallen for the last 2 weeks. This week the 30 year rate fell from 4.98 to 4.91 (last week it fell from 5.03 to 4.98).... [Read More]
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Mortgage Rates Continue To Rise: Are Sub 5 Rates Gone Forever?
Posted at Austin Real Estate Blog by Ki Gray
November 1st, 2009 7:58 pm
Tagged with: arms, banks, economy, fed, historical mortgage rates, loans, mortgage calculator, mortgage rates, mortgage widget
So are sub 5.0 rates gone forever? The short answer is probably yes. While rates might briefly fall below 5 in the next month for the most part the era of sub 5.0 rates is over. Mortgage rates rose... [Read More]
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Mortgage Rates Remain at Summer Lows
Posted at Austin Real Estate Blog by Ki Gray
September 29th, 2009 9:19 pm
Tagged with: arms, austin home search, banking, historical mortgage rates, homes, lending, mortgage rates, real estate, realtor
Mortgage rates remained steady this week. The 30 year again was at 5.04 which is a low for the summer. The other mortgage products remained relatively stable this week except for the 1 year arm whic... [Read More]
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Are Mortgage Rates Primed To Rise
Posted at Austin Real Estate Blog by Ki Gray
August 14th, 2009 1:50 pm
Tagged with: current events, government, historical mortgage rates, mortgage calculator, mortgage interest rates, mortgage rates
Mortgage rates rose again this week. This is the third time in the last 4 weeks that mortgage rates have risen. Why are mortgage rates rising? There are numerous factors at play but generally once... [Read More]
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Mortgage Rates Stay Even
Posted at Austin Real Estate Blog by Ki Gray
August 8th, 2009 5:20 pm
Tagged with: austin texas real estate, economy, historical mortgage rates, homes, lending, loans, mortgage rates, realtor
The saying "No news is good news" might be applicable with the recent trend with mortgage rates. For the last 2 or 3 weeks for the most part rates have stayed pretty much unchanged. The reason why t... [Read More]
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