Last month’s sales of previously occupied homes are expected to be down sharply from November after prospective buyers were granted more time to take advantage of a tax credit. » Read more…
Tag Archives: home prices
Home prices unexpectedly dip
Posted by MORTGAGE BLOG NEWS on March 5, 2011
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Home prices unexpectedly slipped in December but the annual rate of decline slowed, reinforcing the housing market’s rocky road to recovery, Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller indexes showed on Tuesday. » Read more…
Mortgage Rates and Overall Home Prices Down
Posted by MORTGAGE BLOG NEWS on March 4, 2011
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Home prices fell 2.1% from the fourth quarter of last year to the first quarter of 2010, and average mortgage rates are at their lowest of the year, according to data released by Freddie Mac. » Read more…
US mortgage rates steady at or near record lows
Posted by MORTGAGE BLOG NEWS on March 3, 2011
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U.S. mortgage rates stayed at or near record lows in the past week, with the 30-year fixed rate 1/2 percentage point lower than a year ago, home funding company Freddie Mac (FRE.N)(FRE.P) said on Thursday. » Read more…
Misery continues at Fannie and Freddie
Posted by MORTGAGE BLOG NEWS on March 3, 2011
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The mortgage giants may need billions in US loans, write Lorraine Woellert and John Gittelsohn. » Read more…