Mortgage interest rates as reported by Freddie Mac were only slightly changed if changed at all during the week ended December 27 - the last full survey week of the year. The Primary Mortgage Market Survey reported an average for the 30-year fixed rate mortgage (FRM) of 6.17 percent with an average 0...
If you don't have a TV, a radio, or a newspaper, you may have missed all of the negative press surrounding the mortgage and housing markets . The severity of the situation has created a sort of panic that has paralyzed the consumer. Rather than deal with any aspect of the problem, we wait for someone...
The Federal Reserve's striking 50 basis point cut in the Federal Funds Rate occurred only two days before the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey and the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey were locked down for the weeks ending September 20 and September 21...
Long term mortgage interest rates showed a healthy decline during the previous week according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released by Freddie Mac. The one-year ARM, however, shot up in this report as it had one week earlier in the Mortgage Bankers Association survey. The 30-year fixed rate...
Mortgage rates declined again during the week ended August 2 according to the Weekly Mortgage Market Survey conducted by Freddie Mac and the week ended August 3 per the Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey released by the Mortgage Bankers Association. Freddie Mac's report indicted that the 30-year fixed...