ADV: Mortgage Rates Drop to 6-month Low
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Interest rates on US 30-year and 15-year mortgages fell to their lowest levels since early April, spurring more consumers to purchase their own homes, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Applications for U.S. home loans fell  6.3 percent last week after a brief bounce in early August  spurred by a drop in mortgage rates, an industry group said on  Wednesday.
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Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a sixth consecutive week, providing home buyers with more relief from an earlier rise in rates.
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MCLEAN, Va. - Mortgage rates have risen this week, but they remain at the low levels seen for most of this year. Mortgage company Freddie Mac says 30-year fixed-rate mortgages have gone from an average 5.75 percent last week up to 5.81.
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Mortgage rates around the country crept up this week, although 30-year mortgages still were below the 6 percent level for a fourth straight week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.
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U.S. housing starts and home sales  should fall short of 2004's record pace, but only slightly as  tame inflation helps sustain low long-term mortgage rates in  2005, Freddie Mac FRE.N economists said on Tuesday.  Frank Nothaft, chief economist at the No. 2 U.S. mortgage  underwriter, said housing starts should decline this year by 1  percent to 2 percent while 30-year mortgage rates are seen  increasing by no more than half a percentage point.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Assn. index of applications to buy or refinance a home fell 7.3% last week to 636.4 amid higher interest rates. It was the biggest drop in 4 months. The average 30-year fixed rate rose to 6.32%, the highest since Oct., from 6.23% the week before.
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Investor's Business Daily - The National Assoc. of Realtors cut its &#39;07 outlook for the fourth consecutive month. Home resales will fall to 6.18 mil from last month&#39;s forecast of 6.29 mil and well below the initial 6.42 mil forecast. The median existing-home sales price will fall 1.3%, more than the previously forecast 1% slide. The median new-home price will fall 2.3% to $240,800, reversing the Jan. forecast for a 2% gain, NAR said.
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Applications for US home loans fell 6.3 percent last week after a brief bounce in early August spurred by a drop in mortgage rates, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s mortgage application index fell 3.4% to 643.7 in the week ended June 15, but was still up 13.2% compared with the same week last year. The purchase index slid 3% to 450.9 while the refinancing index fell 4.2% to 1,776.8.
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Business & money: Lowest August mortgage approvals since 2000.
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Interest rates on US 30-year and 15-year mortgages have moved lower following last week&#39;s disappointing jobs report that suggested economic growth had slowed, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - Average 30-year rates dipped to 6.67% from 6.69% from the week prior, Freddie Mac said, citing slower home sales. Average 15-year rates fell to 6.34% from 6.37%, while one-year ARMs fell to 5.65% from 6.37%. It&#39;s the second week of declines after a month of increases. Rates remain below year-ago levels.
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A disappointing November employment report helped push mortgage rates lower this week, according to Freddie Mac&#39;s weekly mortgage survey.
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