Lower rates may do little to aid ailing housing market
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WASHINGTON - Americans may be disappointed the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut won't translate into lower monthly mortgage payments and a revival of the housing market.
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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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Federal Reserve officials believed downside risks to U.S. economic growth had diminished between their May and June meetings, suggesting little likelihood that the current housing market downturn would spark a near-term cut in benchmark U.S. interest rates.
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Interest rates on U.S. 30-year mortgages edged slightly lower in the latest week, continuing to offer an enticing rate to prospective home owners, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Wednesday.
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Long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week to their lowest levels since January, according to a report released today, but the chief economist for government-backed mortgage company Freddie Mac said rates may soon be heading back up.
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After a shallow, one-week dip, mortgage rates have risen to just about where they were two weeks ago. Rates are still low. The question is whether they are low enough to keep the housing market hot.
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Mortgage applications barely advanced  last week even as interest rates sank to their lowest levels  since May, an industry group said on Wednesday, largely  reflecting the increasing difficulty borrowers face to obtain a  loan as banks tighten lending standards.
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Fed moves don't always mean lower rates for borrowers.
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New figures from major banks and building societies confirm that the UK housing market is slowing down. The Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Building Societies Association have both recorded a slowdown in mortgage lending.
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Low interest rates fueled the housing boom and the overall economy, but the price of money is edging upâpotentially threatening the nation's financial strength.
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The US home loan crisis will cause just a modest slowdown of the American economy and have a limited impact on the rest of the world, the International Monetary Fund&#39;s chief economist said Wednesday.
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A key element of the stimulus package  aimed at jump-starting the ailing U.S. housing market may have  the unintended consequence of raising mortgage rates, said  analysts studying the plan.
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There is no strong evidence that house prices will fall, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. Higher interest rates might slow the growth of house prices, but the IMF does not see a fall in house prices, it said in its biannual report.
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Investor's Business Daily - The 30-year fixed rate averaged 5.48% for the week ended Jan. 24, down from 5.69% last week, as the Federal Reserve slashed key lending rates and the housing market weakened further, Freddie Mac said. It was the lowest rate since March 2004. The 15-year fixed rate dived 26 ticks to 4.95%. The 1-year Treasury-tied adjustable rate plunged 27 ticks to 4.99%.
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US home buyers may see a slight rise in mortgage rates if housing finance company Fannie Mae , which is mired in an accounting scandal, slows purchases of bonds backed by home loans in response to new rules imposed by regulators.
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US home buyers may see a slight rise in mortgage rates if housing finance company Fannie Mae, which is mired in an accounting scandal, slows purchases of bonds backed
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Even the rosiest forecasts for next year&#39;s real estate market caution that higher interest rates nationally could shrink the pool of potential home buyers.