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Mortgage Fees Creep Higher

August 27th, 2008 · No Comments

This month, Fannie and Freddie increased the fees they charge lenders for many loans, effectively bumping up interest rates for many borrowers who have marginal credit. The companies also tightened their policies on refinance loans that enable an owner to take cash out of a home.
Fannie Mae was the first of the two mortgage companies […]

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Home Prices Still Falling, but the Pace Is Slowing

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments

“Sales are probably not going to rebound any time soon because the mortgage conditions continue to get tighter,” Mr. Gault said. He said that the excess supply meant that “prices have still got to come down some more.”
Home sales have begun to stabilize as sharply reduced prices lured buyers back into the market in July, […]

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Mortgage Applications at lowest level in eight years, FDIC: New 3% mortgage rates for some IndyMac borrowers

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Even as housing prices drop across the country, fewer people appear close to buying a home.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reports that the volume of mortgage applications fell last week to the lowest level in nearly eight years. Additionally, the group says applications are down 61 percent from this year’s peak in February.
The decline in new […]

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