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Mortgage Interest Rates Move Down Again But Still Relatively High

September 4th, 2008 3:48 am
Mortgage interest rates moved down again this week. This marks the fifth week in a row where 30 Year mortgage rates have either fallen or held steady. This is of course good news for people looking... [Read More]

Mortgage Interest Rates Move Down Slightly And The Impending Takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae

August 29th, 2008 5:26 pm
Mortgage Interest Rates Mortgage Rates Widget Mortgage interest rates moved down slightly this week. This was a good sign since it was not preceded by any rate cuts from the FED.... [Read More]

Fixed Rate Mortgages Hold Steady Again While Arms Nudge Down

August 19th, 2008 11:43 pm
For the second week in a row 30 year mortgage rates held steady at 6.52. 15 year mortgages last week moved from 6.07 to 6.1. The week they returned to 6.07. So basically the fixed rates are holding... [Read More]

Mortgage Interest Rates Keep Steady

August 11th, 2008 2:33 am
Mortgage interest rates were virtually unchanged this week. The 30 Year rate stayed even at 6.52. The 15 year rate moved up a little from 6.07 to 6.10 and the 5 year arm moved down from 6.07 to 6.05.... [Read More]

Mortgage Interest Rates Nudge Down a Little

August 4th, 2008 2:18 am
Before we talk about what happened with mortgage rates this week lets do a quick recap of what happened last week. Last week mortgage interest rates made a sudden jump over the previous week. For t... [Read More]

Mortgage Rates Jump up to Highest Level Seen in 2008

July 29th, 2008 1:56 am
After falling for most of the month of July Mortgage interest rates jumped up. And not only did they move up they jumped to the highest levels we have seen in 2008. 30 Year rates jumped from 6.26 to... [Read More]

Mortgage Rates Fall Again

July 23rd, 2008 10:31 pm
For the second week in a row mortgage rates have fallen. For those that don't read my updates regularly I wanted to give a short background on what rates have been doing. From the end of April to th... [Read More]

Current Mortgage News

July 13th, 2008 4:04 pm
So what has been going on in the world of finance and mortgages? Certainly the biggest news was the fall of IndyMac. Last week we heard that IndyMac had stopped giving out new mortgage loans and was... [Read More]

Mortgage Interest Rates Continue to Move Up

July 2nd, 2008 2:45 pm
Mortgage Interest RatesWidget Mortgage Rate Trends After rising drastically last week fixed mortgage interest rates moved up slightly this week. 30 Year notes moved from 6.42 to 6.4... [Read More]

Mortgage Interest Rates: Up Up And Away

June 24th, 2008 2:53 am
Mortgage Interest Rates Mortgage Rate Trends Up up and away. Mortgage interest rates continue on their upward trajectory. 30 Year mortgage rates went from 6.32 to 6.42. 15 y... [Read More]
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