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08 January 2009
Rates Fall to Record Low of 5.01%
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.01 percent with an average 0.6 point for the week ending Jan. 8, 2009, down from last week when it averaged 5.10 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s latest results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey Read More...
15 October 2008
Multi-Family Financing Available and Reasonable
Permanent Financing Availability, Cost Remains Reasonable. The MULTI-FAMILY SECTOR is relatively isolated from Wall Street. But REITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts) are being impacted. Their dividend yield rate is falling, which is making it difficult Read More...
15 October 2008
Fed Cuts Rate by .50==Multi-Family Financing Still Unknown
Fed Cuts Rate by 50 Basis Points, Impact on Multi-Family Financing Still Unknown The Federal Reserve today ordered an emergency interest rate cut of half a percentage point , knocking the key rate down to 1.5 percent. The Fed fund rate is the interest Read More...