Mortgage Rates Decline; Current 30-Year Fixed Rate is 4.76%, According to Zillow(R) Mortgage Rate Ticker
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is currently 4.76 percent, down four basis points from 4.80 percent compared to this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate fluctuated between 4.76 and 4.82 during the past week.
Read more News Source - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 19:35:51 03/09/10

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Bay State Mortgage Rates Decline From A Week Ago
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage in the state dropped to 4.79 percent last week, down from 4.9 percent the prior week, according to online mortgage tracker Zillow.
Read more News Source - Banker & Tradesman
Publish date - 16:10:56 03/10/10

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Fannie Mae Mortgage-Bond Spreads Fall to Record: Credit Markets
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates fell to the lowest relative to Treasuries on record, even as the scheduled end of Federal Reserve purchases approaches.
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Publish date - 21:47:42 03/09/10

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First-Time Buyers, Distressed Properties Drove California's Housing Market in 2009, C.A.R. Reports
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - March 10, 2010) - Affordable home prices, tax credits for home buyers, historically low interest rates, and a large number of distressed properties prompted many first-time home buyers to enter the market in 2009, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®' (C.A.R.) 2009-2010 "State of the California Housing Market" report released today.
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Publish date - 19:40:57 03/10/10

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First-Time Buyers, Distressed Properties Drove California's Housing Market in 2009, C.A.R. Reports
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 03/10/10) - Affordable home prices, tax credits for home buyers, historically low interest rates, and a large number of distressed properties prompted many first-time home buyers to enter the market in 2009, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS' (C.A.R.) 2009-2010 "State of the California Housing Market" report released today. The percent of first ...
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Publish date - 19:22:21 03/10/10

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Fannie Mae Mortgage-Bond Spreads Fall to Record: Credit Markets
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage securities that guide U.S. home-loan rates are trading at the lowest relative to Treasuries on record, even as the scheduled end of Federal Reserve purchases approaches.
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Publish date - 03:32:35 03/09/10

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More than half of mortgaged homes in St. Lucie, Martin are 'under water'
More than half of mortgaged residential properties in St. Lucie and Martin counties are “under water,” a recent report by a company that tracks home sales, price trends and foreclosures shows.The report by California-based First American CoreLogic found that 56 percent, or 62,696, of all residential properties with a mortgage in the Port St. Lucie Metropolitan Statistical Area were in a negative ...
Read more News Source - Indian River Press Journal
Publish date - 19:46:06 03/10/10

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Mortgage loan modifications are hard to get
Donna McCartney made phone call after phone call and wrote letters about her family’s deteriorating financial predicament and their inability to make their mortgage payments. She appealed to her mortgage company, beginning more than a year ago, hoping to get her interest rate reduced. She wrote to the president, her congressman and her senators.
Read more News Source - Richmond Times-Dispatch
Publish date - 05:22:08 03/07/10

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O.C. unemployment hits record 10.1%
Orange County lost 14,600 jobs from December to January, pushing the unemployment rate from 9.1% to 10.1%, a modern-day high, state Employment Development Department officials reported today.
Read more News Source - Orange County Register
Publish date - 21:57:13 03/10/10

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Utah foreclosures soar
  The pace of foreclosure-related filing nationally may finally be slowing down, but in Utah the rate continues to increase dramatically. RealtyTrac Inc.
Read more News Source - The Salt Lake Tribune
Publish date - 00:46:02 03/11/10

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