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Foreclosure filings surge 65% in April; mortgage rates dip (USA Today)
More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65% versus the same month last year and contributing to a deepening slide in home values, a research company said Tuesday.
Westpac, ANZ National cut mortgage rates (NZPA via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Westpac Bank and ANZ National Bank today joined other main banks in cutting their key two-year lending rates.
Mortgage rates have stabilized (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Mortgage rates finally have calmed down, after swinging wildly in the first few months of the year. That good news is amplified by the direction that rates took last week: down. The 30-year fixed rate had risen modestly three weeks in a row. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 3 basis points to 6.13 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders, issued ...
UK Average Mortgage Rates Climbed Broadly In April - BOE (Nasdaq)
LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K. average quoted mortgage rates climbed across the board in April, data published on the Bank of England's Web site Monday showed.
US MBA Mortgage Survey Table Of Current Interest Rates (The Forex Market)
Change in Contract Rate (bps) Effective Total Contract 1 Week 4 Weeks 1 Year Rate Points Rate Ago Ago Ago 30-Year Fixed 6.07 1.23 5.82 -8 8 -30 15-Year Fixed 5.65 1.09 5.38 -11 11 -43 7-Year Balloon 5.34 0.94 5.10 -12 -7 -12 5-Year Balloon 5.31 0.94 5.08 -34 -56 -74 ARM, 1-Yr Tsy 6.93 1.31 6.60 -16 -42 99 FHA 203 (b) 6.06 1.10 5.87 -18 1 -41 All rates except FHA 203(b) are for 80% loan-to-value ...
Westpac, National cut mortgage rates (The New Zealand Herald)
The flurry of mortgage rate reductions that began on Friday with ASB and BNZ has carried on with Westpac and National Bank both reducing their key mortgage rates.
Mortgage applications rise in latest week: MBA (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mortgage applications rose for a second consecutive week, fueled by a jump in demand for home refinancing loans as interest rates dropped, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Westpac and National cut mortgage rates (Newstalk ZB via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Westpac and the National Bank have reduced their mortgage rates, with two-year rates falling from 9.7 to 9.4 percent.
Jumbo mortgage rates becoming affordable (San Francisco Chronicle)
Those new jumbo-conforming mortgages, created by Congress to make homes in high-priced areas more affordable, are finally getting cheaper. Late last week, many lenders slashed their rates by about one-half of a percentage point on jumbo-conforming loans -...
Mortgage application volume up slightly (CNN Money)
Home loan applications rise 2.9% last week as interest rates fall. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mortgage application volume rose 2.9% during the week ending May 9, according to trade group Mortgage Bankers Association's weekly application survey.
