Mortgage rates jump to 17-month high (Washington Business Journal)
Better than expected reports on economic growth continue to push interest rates up, with mortgage rates jumping sharply this week.
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U.S. mortgage rates rise again (Market Watch) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Mortgage rates continued their ascent this week, boosted by consumer-confidence data and recent comments from the Fed, Freddie Mac's chief economist said on Thursday.
Taxing Issues (New York Times) The chairman of the president's tax-reform panel talks about cutting the mortgage deduction, paying for Katrina and being financed by the Chinese.read more...
Mortgage rates hold near 6.3% after Fed hike (The Pueblo Chieftain) WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year mortgages rose this week after the Federal Reserve pushed a key short-term rate up for the 15th time and indicated that more
Franklin Credit Buys Mortgage Operation (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Consumer finance company Franklin Credit Management Corp. said Friday its Tribeca Lending subsidiary bought New York Mortgage Company's wholesale mortgage operation.read more...
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Feckless fathers will be refused a mortgage (Evening Standard) 'Deadbeat dads' who refuse to pay child maintenance will be barred from getting a mortgage under new legislation announced today.read more...