VA Home Loan Mortgage Rates September 30 – Interest Rates Up : Subprime Blogger

On October 2, 2009 · 0 Comments

VA Home Loan Mortgage Rates September 30 – Interest Rates Up : Subprime Blogger.

US home loan demand at highest since late May

On September 29, 2009 · 0 Comments

NEW YORK, Sept 23 (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage applications jumped last week to their highest since late May as interest rates tumbled below 5 percent, data from an industry group showed on Wednesday.

The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage applications USMGM=ECI, which includes both purchase and refinance loans, for the week ended Sept 18 increased 12.8 percent to 668.5, the highest level since the week ended May 22.

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Refinance Home Loan Rates

On September 28, 2009 · 2 Comments

Refinance home loan rates are getting very close to all time lows. Mortgage interest rates have been below 5% for almost a full week now and it is quite possible that we are going to see rates drop below 4.9%. This would be the first time we have seen mortgage rates this low since May of 2009. The all time low for the 30 year fixed mortgage rate is right at 4.75%. It will be very interesting to see if we can get close to these levels.

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How Interest Rates Are Set

On November 27, 2008 · 0 Comments
The New York Times
Published: November 14, 2008
 
INTEREST rates are often a mystery for many people applying for home loans. How is it possible, for instance, for mortgage rates to rise after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate, which was what happened in late October? Then, in the week that followed, mortgage rates fell after a report was released showing that the unemployment rate had soared.
 
Borrowers can make smarter financial choices, industry executives maintain, by better understanding the economic forces that propel rates, and by keeping a watchful eye on the economic news. What is good for the Fed’s banking customers, they say, is not necessarily good for mortgage borrowers.
 
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