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27 June 2009
Rates edge up June 24,2009
The benchmark 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage edged up 4 basis points, to 5.8 percent , according to a national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point. The mortgages in this week's survey had an average total of Read More...
08 June 2009
Forecast for the week June 08,2009
In terms of economic reports, Thursday will be the big day this coming week. We'll learn more about the health of the retail sector via the Retail Sales Report for May . April's Retail Sales Report was worse than expected and marked the eighth Read More...
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...
06 October 2008
Bail out--TO PASS OR NOT TO PASS?
That was indeed the question of the week...and the final answer came on Friday, as the House of Representatives followed the Senate's lead and passed the $700 Billion rescue plan. The week began with the House initially voting against the plan on Read More...
11 April 2008
2008:The Best Year to Buy a Home in 35 Years!
In April of 1973 , mortgage rates were about the same as they are today. Since that time, we have only had mortgage rates this low during 2001 and 2002, the height of the seller's markets where there was little inventory. In the last two major buyer's Read More...