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Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Slide for Third Straight Week
NEW YORK, Sept 04, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Economic worries
pushed mortgage rates down again, with the average conforming 30-year fixed
mortgage rate falling to 6.55 percent. According to Bankrate.com’s weekly
national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an
average of 0.41 discount and origination points.
The average [...]

Fed rate hike concerns doing no favors for mortgage market
Signals from Fed may provide clues for whether mortgage rates will cool
By Deborah Levine, MarketWatch
Last Update: 6/25/2008 10:10:00 AM
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Expectations the Federal Reserve will raise benchmark
interest rates is not helping the housing market, which is likely to stumble
along for months as long as [...]

Bankrate: Fixed Mortgage Rates Steady While Adjustable Rates Fall
NEW YORK, May 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Fixed mortgage rates
were largely unchanged this week. The average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage
rate backtracked to 6.13 percent, according to Bankrate.com’s weekly national
survey of large lenders. The average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of
0.40 discount and origination points.
The [...]

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Rise for Second Straight Week
NEW YORK, April 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Fixed mortgage
rates moved slightly higher for the second week in a row, with the average
conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 6.11 percent. According to
Bankrate.com’s weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed
mortgage has an average of [...]