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Mortgage Interest Rates Fall Again

For the second week in a row mortgage rates have fallen. For those that don’t read my updates regularly I wanted to give a short background on what rates have been doing. From the end of April to the beginning of June 30 year mortgage rates hovered around 6 percent. Then during the month of June 30 year mortgage interest rates rose peaking out at 6.45 at the end of June. But since then rates have fallen through the month of July ot 6.26. So we are not down to 6 but rates have come down quite a bit from their recent high. Its also interesting rates have fallen although the FED has cut the Fed Funds rate or the discount rate since April 30th. Below are mortage interest rates for the major mortgage products for the last 5 weeks.

July 17,2008
30-yr 6.26 15-yr 5.78 5-yr ARM 5.80 1-yr ARM 5.10

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The Mortgage Minute Update: August 2, 2011

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Tune into The Mortgage Minute Update with Mark Livingstone of Cornerstone First Financial on the Rush Limbaugh Show on 630 WMAL and 630wmal.com. The latest news and information on the mortgage industry, market trends and rates. Heard weekly on Tuesdays at 12:30pm. For more information on The Mortgage Minutue Update, visit www.cornerstonefirst.com Connect with Mark Livingstone and Cornerstone First Financial: www.cornerstonefirst.com www.linkedin.com www.twitter.com www.facebook.com www.youtube.com cornerstonefirst.wordpress.com For more information on Cornerstone First Financial, visit http …

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Fixed Rate Mortgages Hold Steady Again While Arms Nudge Down

For the second week in a row 30 year mortgage rates held steady at 6.52. 15 year mortgages last week moved from 6.07 to 6.1. The week they returned to 6.07. So basically the fixed rates are holding steady. 5 Year Arms fell from 6.05 to 6.02 and 1 Year Arms fell from 5.22 to 5.18. So they didn’t move that much. But what is interesting is the overall trend. This week marks the 3rd week in a row that both 5 and 1 year arms have fallen. The 1 year arm has fallen from 5.49 to 5.18. This continues an overall trend of the difference between 30 Year Fixed mortgages and 1 Year growing. On May 1st 30 Year Arms were at 6.06 and 1 Year Arms were at 5.29. Mortgage rates since then have risen up to 6.52 while 1 Year arms have fallen to 5.18. The question of course is why banks are making arms (the mortgage product that is partly responsible for the high rate of foreclosures) more attractive. And I don’t have an answer on that. Below are the mortgage rates for the last few weeks.

August 14,2008
30-yr 6.52 15-yr 6.07 5-yr ARM 6.02 1-yr ARM 5.18

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