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Mortgage Rates Continue to Fall

November 15th, 2009 7:25 pm
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]

Freddie Mac weekly Update

Posted at by Howard Bell
November 7th, 2009 3:50 pm
30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.98 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending November 5, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.03 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-yea... [Read More]

Mortgage Rates Fall Back Below 5.00

November 5th, 2009 8:36 pm
After rising steadily for the last 3 weeks mortgage rates fell back down this week. The 30 year rate fell from 5.03 to 4.98. The 15 year rate fell from 4.46 to 4.40. The 5 and 1 year arm fell from... [Read More]

Mortgages Bankers Weekly Update

Posted at by Howard Bell
October 29th, 2009 5:40 pm
Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of October 28, 2009 Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 12.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from... [Read More]

Stop Paying Rent Part 1

October 29th, 2009 3:41 pm
With interest rates hovering around their thirty-year lows, a multitude of flexible and low-cost loan financing programs are available as well as a wide variety of assistance programs that can help virtually anybody experience the joy of homeownership. I

Mortgage Rates Start to Rise : Is Inflation Next

October 24th, 2009 10:30 pm
The 30 year rate rose again this week rising from 4.92 to 5.00. Now in the last two weeks 30 year mortgage rates have risen from 4.87 to 5.00. Most of the other major mortgage products rose as well.... [Read More]

Mortgage Rates Start to Rise

October 16th, 2009 3:20 am
After falling for the last 6 weeks mortgage rates started to rise this week. The 30 year rate rose from 4.87 to 4.92. The 15 year mortgage rose from 4.33 to 4.37. Both arms rose as well with the 5... [Read More]

Freddie Mac Weekly Update

Posted at by Howard Bell
October 14th, 2009 5:15 pm
30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Averaged 4.87 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending October 8, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 4.94 perc... [Read More]

There’s More Reasons to Buy that the $8,000 Credit

October 6th, 2009 9:46 pm
certainly a long lasting incentive for qualified home buyers. Add that to that the income tax advantages and the general life-enhancing benefits of having a place of your own, home ownership remains a good choice for many.

Freddie Mac Weekly Mortgage Rate Commentary: Mortgage Rates Low, Increasing Affordability

Posted at by Howard Bell
October 1st, 2009 2:15 pm
30-year fixed-rate mortgage: Aaveraged 4.94 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending October 1, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.04 percent... [Read More]

Weekly Mortgage Market Update; Mortgage Bankers Association for the week of September 23, 2009

Posted at by Howard Bell
October 1st, 2009 2:12 pm
Market Composite Index: (loan application volume) decreased 2.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. Refinance Index: decreased 0.8 percent f... [Read More]

Interest Rates and the Federal Reserve Decision

Posted at by Leslie Goulden
September 28th, 2009 11:19 am
Categorized in: Interest Rates
It is a given that once the Fed ceases its purchases, that interest rates will climb significantly higher...most likely back above the 6% area. So instead of a hard transition with a large bump in rates, the Fed is attempting to allow rates to gradually r