ADV: Mortgage Rates Drop to 6-month Low
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Rates on 30-year and 15-year mortgages dipped this week, a development that should help keep the housing market humming. Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 5.74 percent for the week ending Nov.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Association&#39;s applications index rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3% to 622.9 in the week ended Aug. 31, but multiple applications and refilings caused by recent credit problems may have played a role. Activity could slow on higher interest rates. The MBA said a dearth of demand for short-term loans sent 1-year ARM rates to 6.52%, near week-ago levels but well above longer-term rates. Average 30-year mortgages edged up to 6.42% from 6.41%. ARMs made up just 12.6% of applications in the week, down from more than 30% just a few weeks ago.
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WASHINGTON - Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in auction yesterday with six-month bills falling to the lowest level since late August.
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Investor's Business Daily - Average 30-year rates jumped 10 basis points to 6.73% from a week ago, reversing three weeks of mild declines, Freddie Mac said. That&#39;s near the year-ago rate of 6.74%. Average 15-year rates rose to 6.39% vs. 6.3%, while one-year ARMs rose to 6.45% from 6.29%. Higher rates may keep housing weak through the second half.
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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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U.S. mortgage applications fell for   the first time in four weeks even as interest rates dropped to   a six-month low, an industry trade group said on Wednesday,   providing further evidence the country's housing market slump   is deepening.
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WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages dropped this week to the lowest point in four months, providing some relief for people hoping to refinance their existing mortgages.
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Business & money: The number of new mortgage approvals fell to its lowest level in over two years in September.
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The number of new mortgages granted to home buyers fell to 62,000 in December, mortgage lenders say.
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Long-term mortgage rates tumbled to six-month lows this week amid concerns the economic expansion may be losing steam. Defying expectations earlier this year that it would now hover around 6.5 percent, the
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YESTERDAY Close $60.07 Change -$3.18 52-WEEK High $71.92 Low $54.97 Freddie Mac, the nation's number two buyer and backer of home mortgages, set aside more than $300 million in the second quarter to account for bad loans, contributing to a 45 percent drop in profit.
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Investor's Business Daily - The Mortgage Bankers Assoc.&#39;s application index rose 0.9% to 631.6 in the week ended July 13, as homeowners rushed to refinance their loans due to fears that interest rates will head higher. Homebuyer applications fell. The 4-week moving average of applications fell 0.5%, down for the 8th straight week.
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UNITED KINGDOM - The process of property market weakening has been recently observed due to declining mortgage lending for the last two months in a row in the UK.
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Investor's Business Daily - Average 30-year rates fell to 6.14% from 6.18% in the prior week. The 15-year rate averaged 5.86% vs. 5.92%, while 1-year ARMs fell to 5.47% from 5.49%. Rates are at their lowest levels so far this year, Freddie Mac said, citing worries over last week's sell-off in stocks and concerns over the slowing U.S. economy.