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30-year home loans drop for third consecutive week (The Durango Herald)
Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by The Loan Expert.
WASHINGTON – Rates for 30-year home loans fell to a shade below 5 percent this week but remained above last month’s record lows.
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Mortgage rates slide, stay above recent low (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by The Loan Expert.
Rates for 30-year home loans edged lower for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, but remained above last month’s record lows. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.06 percent last week, down from 5.09 percent a week earlier, mortgage company Freddie Mac said.
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Rates on 30-year home loans fall to 5.06% (The Star-Ledger)
Posted on 14. Jan, 2010 by Ray.
Mark Lennihan/APThe average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.06 percent this week, down from 5.09 percent a week earlier, mortgage company Freddie Mac said.Rates for 30-year home loans edged lower for the second straight week, a report said…
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Mortgage rates are going up (Seattle Times)
Posted on 02. Jan, 2010 by Freddie Mac.
After hitting an all-time low of 4.71 percent in early December, the average rate on a 30-year, fixed-could climb to 6 percent by the end of 2010, if not sooner, according to giant mortgage financier Freddie Mac.
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Mortgage rates end the year above 5 percent (Ventura County Star)
Posted on 01. Jan, 2010 by Freddie Mac.
McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week, ending the year above 5 percent.The average fixed rate on a 30-year mortgage was 5.14 percent this week, up from 5.05 percent last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday.Mortgage rates are closely tied to yields on long-term government debt. The average fixed rate on 30-year mortgages has steadily risen since hitting a record low of 4 …
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U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise to 5.14%, Freddie Mac Says (Update1) (BusinessWeek)
Posted on 31. Dec, 2009 by Fannie Mae.
Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed U.S. home loans climbed to the highest level since Aug. 27, reducing affordability for buyers and owners who wish to refinance, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said.
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Mason Dixon Funding Becomes Embrace Home Loans (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Posted on 18. Dec, 2009 by Fannie Mae.
NEWPORT, R.I.—-Mason Dixon Funding, a Rockville, Md.-based mortgage lender, today announced it is now Embrace Home Loans.
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Fixed-rate mortgages still averaging well below 5% (Los Angeles Times)
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Freddie Mac.
30-year loans averaged 4.81% and 15-year loans averaged 4.32% for the week ending today, a Freddie Mac survey shows.
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2009 NAR Public Policy Accomplishments « Sacramento Association of …
Posted on 08. Dec, 2009 by The Loan Expert.
Home Valuation Code of Conduct – Citing a lack of guidance from the GSEs, among other things, NAR is calling for an 18 month moratorium. Staff from both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac met with the Appraisal Committee at NAR’s 2009 Midyear …
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Headwind For Lenders As Fannie, Freddie Bounce Back Loans (Nasdaq)
Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Ray.
As home loans sour at a rapid clip, mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) are aggressively bouncing back defectively underwritten loans to lenders.
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