Mortgage Lenders Chafe at Service Fee - 2005-02-10
Such is the power of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the mortgage market that the two government-formed titans are able to charge a pair of esoteric fees on lenders that end up being paid by nearly everyone who purchases a house.

Neither fee is well-known. One relates to the cost of having Freddie or Fannie guarantee a loan from default, something they do for the vast majority of mortgages written in the U.S.
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Money minute: Don't ignore rising interest rates - 2005-02-10
You know what they say, a quarter-point here, a quarter-point there, and pretty quickly you're talking about real money. After the Fed's sixth quarter-point increase in short-term interest rates in eight months, consumers may start feeling a real pinch.

Mortgages: Begin with most Americans' biggest investment, their house. Short-term adjustable rate mortgages have been very popular for the past few years, but ARM rates have been rising in step with the Fed's increases.
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