30-Year Mortgage Rates Decline Again, to 6.10% (Los Angeles Times)
Average rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dipped to 6.10% this week, down from 6.15% last week and 6.21% the week before that, mortgage company Freddie Mac said.
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Lawmakers Struggle to See Beneath the 'Froth' in Greenspan's Testimony (Reg Req'd) The chairman of the Federal Reserve wanted to make one thing perfectly clear: There is no housing bubble.via
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