US 30-year mortgage rates lowest since early April - 2005-02-10
Interest rates on U.S. 30-year mortgages dropped to their lowest levels since early April as weaker than expected U.S. jobs market data in January helped push bond yields lower, reducing the cost for consumers buying a home, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.

U.S. 30-year mortgage rates decreased to an average of 5.57 percent in the week ending Feb. 10 from 5.63 percent a week earlier. It marked the lowest level for 30-year mortgages since they averaged 5.52 percent in early April 2004.
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Mortgages: Two sides to appraisal technology debate - 2005-02-10
Paul Robertson, 31, will spend 15 years in an Arkansas prison for manipulating real estate appraisals on properties in Benton, Ark. Robertson's scheme was using appraisal software to defraud lenders to grant home loans on empty lots.

The most common appraisal technology tools are automated valuation models, known as AVMs, which jumped in usage during the mortgage refinance boom of the last few years.
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