Mortgage Rates Drop Even Lower!

Mortgage rates drop again, lowest in decades

30-year benchmark slides to 4.19 percent with 15-year at 3.62 percent MSNBC REPORTS

NEW YORK — Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to 4.19 percent, the lowest level in decades. They were pushed down by lower Treasury bond yields.

Investors are buying up Treasury bonds in anticipation of a move by the Federal Reserve designed to lower mortgage rates and yields on corporate debt.
As a result, the average rate for 30-year fixed loans dropped to the lowest level on records dating back to 1971, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. It's down from 4.27 percent the previous week.
The average rate on 15-year fixed loans fell to 3.62 percent. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE

CNN Money Report:The wasted 4.44% mortgage rate

Historic Low Mortgage Rates, Ample Inventory,  Where is the Boom?

 

by Nin-Hai Tseng, reporterAugust 16, 2010: 5:17 AM ET

FORTUNE -- It appears even the bright spots of this tired economy are still working against heavily indebted homeowners. Mortgage rates have hit new lows nearly every week, but many borrowers are still unable to take advantage of them.
Like it is in so many parts of today's sideways economy, relief is out of reach. Stimulus dollars are everywhere, but somehow never where they're needed most. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE

MSNBC Reports: Mortgage rates drop to New Record low, Again

Mortgage Rates Keep on Dropping

U.S. mortgage rates sank to the lowest level in decades this week, pushed down by the weak economy and the Federal Reserve's move to help lift the recovery by purchasing government debt.

Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate for 30-year fixed loans this week was 4.44 percent, down from 4.49 percent last week. That's the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971.
The average rate on the 15-year fixed loan dropped to 3.92 percent, down from 3.95 percent last week and the lowest on record.
Rates have fallen since spring and the government's July jobs report has investors worried about the United States slipping back into recession. They are shifting more money into the safety of Treasury bonds, lowering their yields. Mortgage rates tend to track those yields.
And the Federal Reserve is pushing those yields down even further. The central bank said Tuesday it would buy Treasurys to help aid the recovery, using the proceeds from debt and mortgage-backed securities it bought from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE