Rate Trend Index — Mortgages
Each week, Bankrate.com surveys experts to gauge which way interest rates are headed on mortgages—a vital tool if you’re about to buy a home.
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Falling Mortgage Rates Ignite Area Home Sales (Builder Online) Jun. 12--Even Alan Greenspan doesn't get it. The decline in mortgage rates to near 30-year lows is a surprise "without recent precedent" and a source of "considerable conjecture" among economists,
Mortgage bailout not for everyone (New Orleans Times-Picayune) The recent bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac doesn't mean automatic salvation for individual homeowners struggling with large mortgage payments and trying to avoid foreclosure.read more...
British mortgage bank Bradford and Bingley in talks over its future (MSN Money Canada) LONDON - The troubled mortgage lender Bradford and Bingley is talking to regulators and financial institutions over its future, Britain's Treasury confirmed Saturday.read more...
Wall Street advances as anxiety persists Trader Andrew O'Connnor, left, watches the screens at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday afternoon, March 14, 2007.Commentread more...
Leaders Gather for Summit in Britain "It's not good that week by week another bank is announcing its damage. This will prolong a process of distrust. There should be an hour of transparency where everybody is
Bush's mortgage plan attributed to GOP fears of recession (Lincoln Journal Star) WASHINGTON ? The Bush administration?s new and aggressive effort to help people facing foreclosure and shore up the mortgage industry came from growing fears of an election-year recession and the