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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:18 PM

Largest Mortgage Lender Takes Bigger Bite of Market Share

Wells Fargo, the nation’s largest lender for home loans, is continuing to grow its mortgage business, issuing a record 33.9 percent of mortgages in the first quarter. Other lenders now remain even further from reaching Wells Fargo’s mortgage
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Saturday, May 05, 2012 7:13 PM

Home Buying Gets Another Boost in Affordability

For home buyers or refinancers, borrowing costs for home ownership just got a little cheaper as mortgage rates took another dip to new all-time record lows this week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. "Signs of slowing economic
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Sunday, April 29, 2012 2:10 PM

Fixed-Rate Mortgages Near Record Lows

Fixed-rate mortgages dropped slightly this week, nearing their average all-time lows and helping to lift home buyers’ purchasing power, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. For every week but one this year, the 30-year fixed-rate
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Saturday, April 21, 2012 8:04 PM

Mortgage Rates Inch Up for the Week

After reaching or hovering near all-time lows last week, fixed-rate mortgages edged up slightly during the week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 5-year adjustable-rate mortgage, however, hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:02 AM

Buyer Urgency Improves, More See Now Good Time to Buy

More home buyers may jump off the sidelines this spring as they get more urgent about purchasing a home, fearing that home price and mortgage rate increases are on the horizon. Housing surveys in recent weeks have shown that more Americans are seeing
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 10:56 AM

15-Year Mortgage Rates Dive to Lowest on Record

The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage, often the top choice of home refinancers, reached a new all-time record low of 3.11 percent this week, Freddie Mac reports in this week’s mortgage market survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage also sank lower this
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:20 PM

Mortgage applications for Federal Housing Administration loans soared

Mortgage applications for Federal Housing Administration loans soared 11 percent from the previous week as borrowers try to rush their applications in to beat the higher FHA costs that will start rolling out on Monday, according to the U.S. Mortgage Market
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Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:43 PM

30-Year Rates Continue to Hold at Record Lows

Fixed-mortgage rates continue to hover at record lows, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage staying at the record low of 3.87 percent since the first week of February, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage,
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Friday, January 27, 2012 6:50 PM

Mortgage Rates Rise After Posting Record Lows

Mortgage rates started to edge higher this week, after a series of recent positive reports showing the housing market on the mend, Freddie Mac reported in its weekly mortgage market survey. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage after posting all-time record
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011 2:00 PM

Want A Payroll Tax Cut? Be Prepared For HIGHER Fannie/ Freddie Fees

Democrats and Republicans both support extending the payroll tax cut, and they both agree that the cost of the extension should be offset through changes elsewhere in the budget. The idea coming from the Democrats idea that is to…. pass the expense
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Sunday, September 25, 2011 2:12 PM

Mortgage Rates Remain at Record Lows

--> The 15-year fixed-rate mortgage reached a new record low of 3.29 percent this week, as 30-year mortgage rates remained at the record low it reached last week, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. Here’s a closer look at
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Monday, September 19, 2011 2:09 PM

Big Savings for Buyers: Rates Reach New Record-Lows

For the second straight week, mortgage rates reached another milestone, with 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages hitting record lows again, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. "Continued investor concerns over the state
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Monday, August 22, 2011 7:05 PM

Mortgage Rates Reach All-Time Lows Again

--> Ongoing economic concerns continued to push mortgage rates to new lows, as 30-year and 15-year mortgage rates took another dip, pushing home affordability even higher, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey. 30-year fixed-rate mortgages:
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 5:01 PM

5 Questions to Ask Your Mortgage Professional

Everyone knows you’re supposed to be proactive and assertive when you take out a mortgage, carefully collecting and evaluating all sorts of information before you make the biggest deal of your life. But when the mortgage broker starts shooting sheaves
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Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:03 PM

5 Surprising Credit Report Errors You Must Fix

In a recent study, 19 percent of American consumers who reported finding an error in their credit reports opted not to dispute the error, even when they were offered $5 to file the dispute! Why not? Well, some said they thought the error was too minor
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