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Federal regulators are proceeding with new rules that ease guidelines for banks selling mortgage securities and could mean fewer borrowers will need to make hefty down payments.
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Read More »New rules loosen up tight mortgage standards
Buying a home may have gotten a little easier this week. With the financial crisis and subprime mortgage bust receding further into history, the government is loosening some financial rules, hoping to inject more life into the country's still-recovering housing market.
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Read More »Average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate at 3.97 percent
Average U.S. mortgage rates tumbled this week. The 30-year loan hit its lowest level since June 2013 as Treasury bond yields marked new lows amid concern over global economic weakness.
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Read More »Average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate at 4.19 percent
A key long-term U.S. mortgage rate dipped this week, the second drop after a large increase two weeks ago.
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Read More »Average U.S. 30-year mortgage rate at 4.14 percent
Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly this week but remained near their lows for the year.
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Read More »Average rate on 30-year mortgages dips this week
Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday that the nationwide average rate for a 30-year loan dipped to 4.12 percent, down from 4.14 last week.
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Read More »Realities of Real Estate: House-hunters’ psychology has changed
Over the last decade, real estate and the process of home buying have experienced tremendous change. The market in general has gone from boom to bust and is now clawing its way back to some semblance of normal.
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Read More »Existing home sales drop in September, slowing hot summer pace
WASHINGTON — Americans bought fewer existing homes in September than the previous month, held back by higher mortgage rates and rising prices. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of resold homes fell 1.9 percent last month to ...
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Read More »Realities of Real Estate: Right said Fed
Over the past couple of columns, we’ve been reviewing the impact of rising mortgage rates, as well as the impetus for those rate increases. We recently explained how the Federal Reserve, led by Chairman Ben Bernanke, triggered a jump in mortgage rates by suggesting that the Feds might begin to tighten up on their easy money policies.
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Read More »Real Estate Weekly – 9/20/13
Joppa Road strip center sells for $6,175,000 MacKenzie Commercial Real Estate Services, of Lutherville, said its Investment Sale team, headed by Vice President Donald K. Schline, handled the sale of a 21,400-square-foot retail strip center at 3613 East Joppa Road. ...
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