Interest on fixed rate mortgages at six-year low
The interest charged on two-year fixed rate mortgages fell to a six-and-a-half-year low during February in a further sign that competition was slowly returning to the market, figures showed today.
Read more News Source - Independent
Publish date - 11:07:22 03/09/10

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Interest on fixed rate loans drops
The interest charged on two-year fixed rate mortgages fell to a six-and-a-half-year low during February in a further sign that competition was slowly returning to the market, figures have shown.
Read more News Source - Channel 4
Publish date - 10:56:58 03/09/10

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Fixed-rate mortgage? Homeowners should consider all alternatives
You may pay over the odds if you panic-buy a fixed-rate mortgage when rates start rising, warn brokers Borrowers who stampede for fixed-rate deals as soon as the base rate starts rising could end up paying over the odds for their loans, mortgage brokers warn. Although the Bank of England last week kept its base rate at 0.5% for the 13th month in a row, economists and mortgage market watchers are ...
Read more News Source - Guardian Unlimited
Publish date - 20:08:00 03/09/10

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Riding the interest-rate rollercoaster
If you have a variable rate credit card, or an adjustable rate mortgage, or a savings account, you've likely noticed that throughout this recession, your interest rates have gone down -- in some cases
Read more News Source - Provo Daily Herald
Publish date - 08:23:49 03/07/10

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YBS launches tracker mortgage
The rate has been cut by 0.60% to 3.79% (BoE + 3.29%) saving someone £1,200 in interest payments with a £150,000 mortgage over the 2 year term, says YBS. The product has a low fee of £495 and offers free valuation and legal fees to those people looking to remortgage.
Read more News Source - Mortgage Introducer
Publish date - 13:35:45 03/09/10

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FDIC's Bair eyes low interest rates, more lending
U.S. banking regulator Sheila Bair said on Monday that a low interest rate policy is "clearly appropriate" to get credit flowing, while also saying regulators should stop short of ordering banks to lend.
Read more News Source - Reuters via Yahoo! News
Publish date - 17:06:32 03/08/10

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TCW Returns to Mortgage Bonds It Sold After Declines (Update1)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- TCW Group Inc., the money manager whose staff was shaken up as it fired its chief investment officer in December, has become a buyer of the types of government-backed mortgage securities it rushed to sell earlier this year.
Read more News Source - Bloomberg
Publish date - 18:22:41 03/09/10

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TCW Returns to Mortgage Bonds It Was Selling After Prices Fall
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- TCW Group Inc., the fund manager whose staff was shaken up as it fired its chief investment officer in December, has become a buyer of the types of government-backed mortgage securities it was rushing to sell early this year.
Read more News Source - Bloomberg
Publish date - 17:47:54 03/09/10

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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.
Read more News Source - Bloomberg
Publish date - 15:32:35 03/09/10

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TCW Returns to Mortgage Bonds It Sold After Declines (Update1)
TCW Group Inc., the money manager whose staff was shaken up as it fired its chief investment officer in December, has become a buyer of the types of government-backed mortgage securities it rushed to sell earlier this year.
Read more News Source - BusinessWeek
Publish date - 18:33:06 03/09/10

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