Apply Online Today!

Zip Code:
Loan Purpose:



Mortgage News for Friday - March 9, 2007

More Mortgage News
• 2nd-largest subprime lender stops accepting applications
• Refinance mortgage fraud targeted by FBI, lenders group
• GE's mortgage unit slashes 20% of work force
• U.S. Economy: Jobless Rate Drops, Easing Concern
• Quick Take: How Fast Will Housing Prices Really Fall?
• 30-year mortgage rates decline
Mortgage News
Quick Take: How Fast Will Housing Prices Really Fall? - 2007-03-09
The reasons behind the recently finished boom in housing prices weren't a big mystery. Even with the dot-com crash, the U.S. has only had a few recessionary quarters since 1991. No wonder former Fed chief Alan Greenspan is talking about going back to "normal" business cycles. A lot of money came out of the stock market after the crash, and much of it ended up in housing.
Read the full story at Motley Fool
 
30-year mortgage rates decline - 2007-03-09
Rates on 30-year mortgages dropped to the lowest level since mid-December as investors scrambled to the safety of bonds after last week's stock market turmoil.
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.14 percent this week, less than the 6.18 percent from last week.
The decline pushed 30-year rates down to the lowest point since they averaged 6.13 percent the week of Dec. 21.
Read the full story at Monterey County Herald
 






down payment
types of mortgages
closing costs
finding lenders
the do's and don'ts of mortgages
mortgage glossary



 
Copyright © 1999-2003. Mortgages Magazine Inc., LLC All Rights Reserved.
DISCLAIMER