Existing-Home Sales Ease; Prices Appreciate
WASHINGTON - Sales of existing homes were down in January while home prices continued to appreciate at double-digit rates, according to the National Association of Realtors .
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30-year mortgage rates dip to 6.3% (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) WASHINGTON ? Mortgage rates dipped slightly last week as financial markets liked signals from the Federal Reserve that its string of interest rate increases could be drawing to a close.read
30-year mortgage rates higher (The Record) WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for a second straight week, a sharp rebound after hitting a four-month low. Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-year, fixed-rate
Q: Is this a good time to get a mortgage? (Louisville Courier-Journal) A: Mortgage financer Freddie Mac reported this week that 30-year rates averaged 6.27 percent with 0.8 point in the Southeast. Fifteen-year rates averaged 5.97 with 0.8 point.read more...
Mortgage giant Fannie Mae plans to slash work force by several hundred this year (The York Dispatch) WASHINGTON -- Mortgage giant Fannie Mae, remaking itself as it recovers from a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal, is cutting its 6,500-person work force by several hundred employees by year's end.read more...
Conference looks at state housing problems By Kelly McBride Journal staff It's a multifaceted issue with many components, and that's why low-income housing advocates say the brains and initiative of the public and private sectors have
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