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  • Most Mortgage Rates Increase During Wild Week in Financial Markets

    Mortgage interest rates increased during the week ended March 13, in some cases more than wiping out the substantial declines reported for the week ended March 6. According to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) had an average rate of 6.13 percent, an increase...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Mar 19 2008
  • Mortgage Rates Mixed - Very Mixed - in Last Week's Reports

    Mortgage interest rates made substantial moves during the week ended March 6 and 7, but according to surveys conducted by Freddie Mac and by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) they made the moves in opposite directions. There are frequently differences in the trends revealed in the two surveys which...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Mar 12 2008
  • Mortgage Rates Mixed in Freddie Mac, MBA Weekly Surveys

    Mortgage rates continued to move upwards during the week ended February 28 according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey report released by Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) climbed 20 basis points from the average 6.04 rate a week earlier although fees and points declined from 0.6...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Mar 5 2008
  • Fixed-Rate Mortgages Were Pricier Last Week

    The interest rates on fixed rate mortgages (FRM) were up during the week ended February 14 according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The 30-year FRM increased to 5.72 from 5.67 the previous week with fees and points unchanged at 0.4. One year ago the 30-year FRM averaged...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Thu, Feb 21 2008
  • Mortgage Rates are Drifting and Applications Trend Down

    After pitching upward the previous week long term interest rates were flat during the week ended February 7 according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. The survey found that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 5.67 percent with 0.4 point for the week, down a single...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Thu, Feb 14 2008
  • Mortgage Rates Reclaim Last Week's Declines

    It was nice while it lasted but mortgage rates last week reversed a four week downward trend and made up much of the ground they lost a week earlier. However, they still remained well below where they were at the end of 2007 when the four-week slide began. Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Feb 6 2008
  • Mortgage Rates Still Falling Hitting Four Year Low

    Mortgage interest rates for the week ended January 24 continued to fall and long term rates hit their lowest levels since the spring of 2004 according to the results of Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey for the week ended January 24, 2008. The survey showed that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Jan 30 2008
  • Mortgage Rates at 2.5 Year Low

    Mortgage rates continued to fall during the week ended January 17 according to the results of the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac and, in the case of 30 and 15-year fixed rate mortgages (FRMs) reached the lowest level since July 2005. The 30-year FRM averaged 5.69 percent, down...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Thu, Jan 24 2008
  • Mortgage Rates Plummet While Applications and Refinancing Increase

    Mortgage rates plummeted last week as week economic reports, chiefly jobs and unemployment reports came in at the weakest levels in several years. The Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey reported that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) dropped 20 basis points from the previous week to an average...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Jan 16 2008
  • Mortgage Applications Surge Into New Year

    Interest rates were down significantly during the week ended January 5, but the big news was the surge in mortgage applications that welcomed in the New Year. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced that mortgage loan applications increased 32.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from the...
    Posted to MND NewsWire (Weblog) by Glenn Setzer on Wed, Jan 9 2008
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