Hawaii mortgage rates: 5 1/4%-5 5/8% - 2005-03-04
Hawaii's largest lenders provided higher mortgage rates this week, but the spread grew between the highest and lowest rates available, the Honolulu Board of Realtors reported.

For 30-year notes, both Bank of Hawaii and First Hawaiian Bank quoted 5.5 percent, with Bankoh charging 1.75 points and First Hawaiian charging 2 points (loan fees expressed as percentage points of the amount borrowed.)
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Mortgage: E-standards Alliance Attracts More Allies - 2005-03-04
There's an expanding list of tech companies that hope mortgage lenders will look for the MISMO label when searching for vendors, as firms which sell hardware, software and platforms fight for position in the paperless home loan finance market.

The eMortgage Alliance, a group of companies that is promoting standards along the different stops on the paperless mortgage trail, has added U.S. Recordings and Hyland Software to its roster of vendors.
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