Mortgage Rates

Week Ahead: Investors Focus on Fed Meeting, Treasury Auction
CNBC, Englewood Cliffs
It just doesn't seem to have the effect they want," said Stanley The Treasury's heavy issuance calendar has coincided with rising yields in the last several weeks, which in turn resulted in a creep up in mortgage rates . Traders fear rising rates could …

Large home lender's big rates rise
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand
CANBERRA: A deep collective breath is in order before angst over rising mortgage rates turns into outright hysteria. So far only one major bank has lifted its crucial standard variable rate. Others have lifted fixed mortgage rates , …
Anger rises as the big four surge in power The Australian
It's official – banks are increasing profits at the expense of … SmartCompany.com.au
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As Mortgage Rates Move, Headaches Follow
Washington Post, United States
By Jonathan Starkey When Jennifer and Sam Lam put a contract in on a home in late April, they had timed the deal perfectly, with mortgage rates hovering under 5 percent. After an inspection revealed structural problems, it took the couple only a few …
Mortgage rates fall in Ohio, Ky. Bizjournals.com
FHFA Lockhart:Rising Rates May Hurt Homeowner Program Wall Street Journal
Obama's Mortgage Refinancing Program May Be Expanded Bloomberg
MonitorBankRates.com  - TIME
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How flipping can beat capital gains tax
This is Money, UK
Mortgage rates are falling. Find the best deal for you in moments Kitty Ussher became the latest MP to fall victim to the expenses scandal this week, when it was revealed that the junior Treasury minister had flipped which home was judged as her main …

Mortgage rates jump in one week
BBC News, UK
The past week has seen a big jump in the cost of fixed-rate mortgages to new borrowers, according to Moneyfacts. The financial information service says interest rates for the average two-year deal have gone up by 0.16% to 4.9%. …
Get your fix before mortgage lenders close ranks Independent
Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Reverse Course MarketWatch
Mortgage rates slide Los Angeles Times
Kansas City Star  - MarketWatch
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'Historically low' mortgage rates see demand for properties …
Fair Investment Company, UK
Demand for properties is outstripping the supply, as record low mortgage rates have encouraged more buyers to the market, according to new statistics from the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA). The NAEA's monthly survey of the UK housing …
'House hunters out in force', say estate agents CreditChoices.co.uk
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SNB's Jordan: Swiss RE Market Robust But Low Rates Carry Risk
Wall Street Journal
The decline in Swiss mortgage rates , due to the SNB's recent near-zero interest rate policy, has had a beneficial effect on the economy, Jordan told a business conference. He added there is no sign of a shortage of credit in the Swiss real-estate …

avoid the pitfalls of switching home loans
Times Online, UK
Mortgage rates are also climbing and lenders remain very cautious about approving new loans, making it difficult for some borrowers to secure a deal at all. Times Money compared ten recent valuations by lenders including Halifax, Abbey and Nationwide …

If you want to know where rates are headed, watch the bonds
Canada.com, Canada
Why do mortgage rates move the way they do? Why don't the rates march in lock step with other interest rates? When the Bank of Canada lowers interest rates the big banks usually play chicken for several hours, waiting to see who will drop rates first. …
Borrowers fail to use low rates to overpay This is Money
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Buy-to-let landlords swoop on cheap homes
This is Money, UK
Mortgage rates are falling. Find the best deal for you in moments More letting agents are reporting buy-to-let landlords adding to their portfolios, according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents. Around 16% of letting agents said …

Fixed Rate Mortgage Rates Increase
Property News, UK
It was Nationwide which commenced this mortgage rates increase tendency last week, raising the interest rate for borrowers of all its fixed-rate home loan products by 0.86 per cent. Most recently, the second biggest mortgage lender in the UK, Abbey, …
Nationwide raising fixed rate mortgage rates viploan.co.uk
Low home loan rates mean there are some great deals about Mirror.co.uk
End of the cheap fixed mortgage Times Online
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Fixed rate mortgages rates increase quickly
MyFinances.co.uk, UK
Fixed-rate mortgage rates are rising with 14 lenders increasing rates in the last week alone. While the Bank of England is predicted to hold interest rates at 0.5 per cent for the coming months, swap rates – which are used by lenders to set fixed rate …

In real estate fire sale, sellers are being burned
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN
The moribund Twin Cities housing market has shown signs of a pulse in recent months, with pending sales in May up more than 17 percent from a year ago, thanks to a combination of tax credits, low mortgage rates and an abundance of low-priced homes. …

Things great now that Obama's here
The News-Press, FL
The other great idea, I heard (of equal intelligence) was to raise the mortgage rates . This immediately would disqualify thousands of potential home buyers who are borderline with the old rate. With ideas as good as these, I can rest assured that our …

Aust stocks end the week close to 4% lower
Business Spectator, Australia
"Short term worries about the impact to higher mortgage rates and oil prices, capital raisings, rising unemployment and the strength of the recovery are all likely to ensure that the ride for shares over the next few months will be more volatile than …