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Mortgage rates hit low of 4.44 percent - Detroit News
Washington -- Mortgage rates sank to the lowest level in decades this week, pushed down by the weak economy and the Federal Reserve's move to help lift the recovery by purchasing government debt. Mortgage ...
2010-08-12 03:50:00 -
The role fraud played in the mortgage crisis...interview with an industry insider - Examiner
After writing several articles about this country’s mortgage meltdown and the little-talked about role which illegal aliens have played in this crisis, a woman who I will call “Mary” contacted me with inside ...
2010-08-12 04:47:00 -
Mortgage Rates Sink To Record Low 4.44 Percent - NPR News
Growing pessimism over the weak economic recovery pushed mortgage rates to the lowest level in decades for the seventh time in eight weeks. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage hit 4.44 percent this week ...
2010-08-12 07:32:00 -
Mortgage rates hit low of 4.44% - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Mortgage rates sank to the lowest level in decades this week, pushed down by the Federal Reserve 's move to buy up government debt to help lift the economic recovery. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac ...
2010-08-12 05:16:00 -
NY Fed: Lenders Should Hold Stake in Mortgage Securitizations, Post GSEs - Housing Wire
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a paper this week suggesting a new model for the secondary market where lenders would hold a stake in securitization, known as a lender-cooperative utility that ...
2010-08-06 04:04:00 -
Mortgage interest rates continue to fall - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Mortgage interest rates dipped again this week to their lowest level in more than 50 years, and even upper-bracket borrowers are getting better rates than they've seen in years. The average 30-year fixed-rate ...
2010-08-12 08:43:00 -
Record low mortgage interest rates raise question of when to refinance - Washington Post
With mortgage interest rates setting new record lows almost every week for more than two months, two questions naturally come to mind: How low can they go? And should I refinance -- again ? This week rates ...
2010-08-12 05:23:00 -
Government zeroes in on home developer fees - MySanAntonio
“Encumbering housing transactions with fees that may not be properly disclosed may impede the marketability and the valuation of properties,” said the agency's acting director, Edward DeMarco. Under the ...
2010-08-12 05:16:00 -
Metro Vancouver July housing starts slow down as real estate market cools off - The Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — Metro Vancouver builders eased up on new-home construction in July as they read signals from the region's slowing resale market, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported Tuesday. The region's ...
2010-08-10 06:23:00 -
Fannie Mortgage Bonds Drop Most Since March on Federal Reserve Refinancing - Bloomberg
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities tumbled, with prices for certain debt declining the most relative to U.S. Treasuries since March, on concern that refinancing will accelerate after the Federal ...
2010-08-12 05:23:00 -
Home Mortgage in Fairfax, VA - Best Home Mortgage in Fairfax, Virginia? - Associated Content
Dominion Residential Mortgage Has Some Pretty Solid Reviews, but Does it Match Up to the Claims of Being the Best? In today's tight lending market, can you find the best home mortgage for you? I wasn't quite ...
2010-08-12 11:54:00 -
Unemployment Dives More Home Sellers To Cut Price - KGMI
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Owners cut prices on one-quarter of U.S. homes listed for sale in July, a fourth straight monthly rise, as job market fallout trumped record low mortgage rates, real estate website Trulia ...
2010-08-12 12:48:00 -
FHFA Proposes Guidance to Restrict GSEs from Investing in Mortgages with Private ... - RealEstateRama
Washington, DC - August 12, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) — The Federal Housing Finance Agency is proposing a guidance for public comment that would restrict Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Home Loan Banks from ...
2010-08-12 12:44:00 -
Mortgage Rates at Lowest Level Ever Recorded MBA: 30 Year Mortgage Rates at 4.57%, 15 ... - MonitorBankRates.com
Mortgage rates decreased to the lowest level ever recorded in the latest Mortgage Applications Survey . Both 30 year mortgage rates and 15 year mortgage rates made record lows. Although mortgage rates hit record lows ...
2010-08-11 07:30:00 -
Car crashes into living room of townhouse
No one was injured Thursday when a 1993 Honda Accord crashed into the living room of a townhouse at Sheraton Village off Landmark Street about 5 p.m.
2010-08-07 07:11:33