Why haven’t mortgage rates declined?
The Federal Reserve began to slash short-term interest rates almost a year ago. Yet mortgage rates are higher now. What gives?
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Alliance & Leicester says mortgage lending up (Interactive Investor) LONDON (Reuters) - Alliance & Leicester said on Monday its share of new mortgage business was above its traditional share in the first quarter and it made good progress against
Week-to-week mortgage applications fall 1.6%, MBA says (Market Watch) CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- With mortgage rates little moved, the volume of mortgage applications filed last week decreased a seasonally adjusted 1.6% compared to the prior week, the Mortgage Bankers Association
Genworth U.S. Mortgage Insurance To Offer Recapture Tax Protection on HFA Loans (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Genworth Financial, Inc. said today that its U.S. Mortgage Insurance division was making recapture tax protection available on all Genworth insured primary loans with participating Housing Finance Agencies .read
Freddie Mac says U.S. investigation dropped A U.S. criminal probe into accounting missteps at Freddie Mac appears to be over, the mortgage finance company said Tuesday. read more...
Panel seeks fix for budget-busting costs of new schools By Jeni Lewis Marshfield News-Herald Marshfield School Board's finance committee will look to balance costs that are exceeding estimates for building two new elementary schools in the city during a
No mortgage bailout this year, experts say (San Diego Union-Tribune) WASHINGTON – Homeowners unable to pay monthly mortgage bills and facing foreclosure shouldn't count on help from Washington this year.read more...