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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : January 3, 2012

Mortgage markets improved last week during a holiday-shortened trading week. Continue reading

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : December 27, 2011

Mortgage markets worsened last week on renewed optimism from the Eurozone, additional evidence of a U.S. economic recovery, and ongoing strength in housing. Continue reading

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Mortgage Payments Fall 12% Since February 2011

As mortgage rates drop, so do housing payments. It’s a good time to consider refinancing your home, or making an offer on a new one. Mortgage payment affordability has never been so high in history. Continue reading

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Reduce Long-Term Loan Costs With A 15-Year Fixed Rate Mortgage

For as low as 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates are today, 15-year fixed rate mortgage rates are even lower. Continue reading

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Have Mortgage Rates Bottomed Out?

Mortgage rates have troughed. Or, so it seems. Continue reading

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Conforming Loan Limits Unchanged For 2012

In 2012, for the 7th straight year, the national, single-family conforming mortgage loan limit will remain at $417,000. Continue reading

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Freddie Mac : Mortgage Rates Sub-4 Percent

For the first time in more than 40 years, data from Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage falling below 4 percent, dropping to 3.94 percent nationwide. It’s the lowest average 30-year fixed reading in the survey’s history. Continue reading

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Conforming Loan Limits Drop In High-Cost Areas

For homeowners in high-cost areas nationwide, conforming and FHA loan limits have dropped by as much as 14 percent. Continue reading

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Mortgage Rates Bounce Off All-Time Lows; The Start Of A Trend?

One week after posting its lowest mortgage rate in 50 years, Freddie Mac reports that the 30-year fixed rate mortgage rose by an average of 7 basis points nationwide this week to 4.22 percent. Continue reading

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : August 22, 2011

Mortgage markets improved again last week, pushing mortgage rates to an all-time low; lower than the lows set last November, even. Continue reading

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