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Mortgage News for Thursday - February 26, 2004

More Mortgage News
• 30-year mortgage rates calm, others mixed
• House prices climb 3% in February
• Are banks ripping us off?
• Mortgage bank Abbey declares £686m pre-tax loss
• Mortgage Index Higher Again
• Mortgage giants Fannie's and Freddie's Big Fight
• Nevada Impose Fines on Two Mortgage Lenders
• A Mortgage Subprime Lender's Ascent
• NAB under scrutiny over audit
• Analysts Upbeat about Memphis, Tenn.'s Commercial Real-Estate Market
• Weekly survey: Mortgage rates unchanged
• Evaluating a LIBOR-based, interest-only mortgage
• Taxpayers' Mortgage Fannies on the line
• Mortgage round-trip: Timing a home sale, home purchase
• Acting PM supports development of mortgage lending
• Mortgage giants Fannie, Freddie assure senators collapse unlikely
• Borrowers snubbing credit cards, opting for mortgage equity withdrawal
• Toll Brothers register 10 percent profit increase
• Mortgage bank HBOS' success can be a yawn
• Columbia Bancorp enters Portland market
• Mortgage scheme preys on struggling homeowners
• HUD Nominee Jackson On Hot Seat In Senate On RESPA Rule
• American Mortgage Network opens Orlando office
• Action to lower mortgage interest payments
Mortgage News
Weekly survey: Mortgage rates unchanged - 2004-02-26
Mortgage rates barely moved this week. Like a pleasant visit with a doctor, the economic news was quiet and unsurprising.

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 2 basis points to 5.60 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point.
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Evaluating a LIBOR-based, interest-only mortgage - 2004-02-26
I have been contacted by a lender suggesting that I refinance my 30-year fixed mortgage (5.375 percent) with a mortgage based upon the six-month LIBOR with a 2 percent margin. For the first 10 years no payment toward principal would be necessary. It would then revert to a 20-year fixed mortgage.

However, I am concerned it is too good to be true and want to make certain that I am not missing something.
Darcy Decision
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