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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Mortgage rates at record low (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Posted on 04. Dec, 2009 by Ray.

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The rates, reported yesterday in the weekly Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, were down from last week’s 4.78 percent, which ties a record low set in April for 30-year, fixed-rate loans with a 20 percent down payment. The survey dates to 1971.

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Mortgage Rates in U.S. Match Record Low Set in April (Update1) (Bloomberg)

Posted on 25. Nov, 2009 by Ray.

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Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Rates for 30-year fixed U.S

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Fannie Mortgage-Bond Yields Fall to Lowest in Almost Six Months (Bloomberg)

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by Freddie Mac.

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Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) — Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities tumbled to the lowest in almost six months, signaling that interest rates on new home loans will decline, amid a slump in other types of housing debt.

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30-year mortgage rates stay below 5% (San Francisco Chronicle)

Posted on 15. Nov, 2009 by Fannie Mae.

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Rates last week for 30-year home loans stayed below 5 percent for the second week in a row. The average rate fell to 4.91 percent from 4.98 percent a week earlier, mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday. Rates hit a record low of 4.78 percent in the…

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