Mortgage rates edge up again (San Jose Mercury News)
Mortgage rates around the country went up this week, with rates on 30-year mortgages climbing to their highest point since late December.
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Ahead of the Bell: Thornburg Mortgage (AP via Yahoo! Finance) A Jefferies & Co. analyst upgraded Thornburg Mortgage Inc. stock Monday, saying the mortgage lender's deals to raise cash will help the company stay alive.read more...
Mortgage Lenders Revise Policies, Raise Rates (Washington Post) IndyMac Bancorp is joining rival lenders in making "very major changes" to home-loan standards and charging higher rates because of a slump in mortgage securities, the company's chief executive said.read
'Nerve center of Illinois' Built to withstand winds of up to 160 mph, the new $18.9 million State Emergency Operations Center will house several Illinois response agencies when it opens this fall.read more...
Beware of Fuzzy Math If you ever found yourself dozing off in your high school math class, you may be at risk of getting hoodwinked by companies' and organizations' tantalizing but misleading numbers.read more...
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Bankrate: Inflation News Pushes Mortgage Rates Higher (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Fixed mortgage rates increased following the release of the May Consumer Price Index, which showed inflation still lurks. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage inched higher from 6.69 percent