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What Mortgage Rates Are Doing This Week : April 9, 2012
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What Mortgage Rates Are Doing This Week : April 2, 2012
Conforming mortgage rates in California dropped on the news, one week after posting a 5-month high.
A major strike in Spain and growing unrest in Italy, both in opposition to recent austerity measures, have re-ignited fears that the Eurozone may lapse into recession. Continue reading
What Mortgage Rates Are Doing This Week : March 12, 2012
In February, the U.S. economy added 227,000 new net jobs and the figures from December and January were revised higher by an additional 61,000. It marked the 16th straight month of job gains nationwide. Continue reading
FHA Drops Upfront Mortgage Insurance Premium To 0.01% For Qualified Borrowers
Beginning mid-June 2012, certain current, FHA-backed homeowners will be able to refinance their existing FHA mortgage into a new one, without having to pay the government-backed group’s new, costly mortgage insurance premium schedule. Continue reading
Federal Reserve Wary Of European Crisis
The Fed Minutes is a summary of the conversations and debates that shape our nation’s monetary policy. It receives less attention than the Fed’s more well-known, post-meeting press release, but the Fed Minutes is every bit as important.
To rate shoppers in Sacramento , for example, the Fed Minutes can give clues about whether mortgage rates will generally rise or fall in the coming months. Continue reading