House-boom halt predicted

Story date: 2007-10-22 01:56:00
Added on: 2007-10-22 19:00:23

Stuff - That would push fixed- mortgage rates above 9% and hit the housing market which has already seen a big slump in sales volumes and flat median prices in the last few months. Big banks have floating mortgage rates at 10.55%, with most two-year fixed ...


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