Current Mortgage Trends (Seattle Times)

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Mortgage trends to watch at year’s end By HOLDEN LEWIS Bankrate.com Related Mortgage rates will remain low, getting a home loan will continue to take a long time and refinancers will be tempted by mortgages with zero-closing costs. Those are some of the trends industry insiders may see as the year closes out. Mortgage rates… Read More

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Gov’t support (Associated Press)

Fannie, Freddie prove too big for government to shirk The government’s Christmas Eve pledge of unlimited financial aid to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is to make sure the housing market doesn’t deteriorate further, but it will cost taxpayers much more. By ALAN ZIBEL The Associated Press PREV 1 of 2 NEXT AP… Read More

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Mortgage rates still below 5% (Seattle Times)

Mortgage rates still below 5 percent Mortgage rates rose this week but still remained below 5 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The Associated Press McLEAN, Va. — Mortgage rates rose this week but still remained below 5 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average fixed rate on 30-year mortgages was 4.81 percent, up from a… Read More

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Make Money through Real Estate

Excellent article from CNN Money. Make money in 2010: Your home Prices should stabilize at last, but rebuilding your equity will take time. By Amanda Gengler, Money magazine writer Last Updated: November 14, 2009: 8:10 AM ET (Money Magazine) — After three years of slumping house prices, the end of the real estate bust may… Read More

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