30 Year Mortgage stories:
Watch Rates Soar If The Fed Stops Buying Up Mortgages
Nov 22nd, 2009 - Silicon Alley Insider
Will the Fed actually stop snapping up mortgage-backed securities (MBS)? Maybe, but they better be on guard if they do, in terms of what will happen to the housing market. Calculated Risk offers this interesting analysis. Earlier this year...
US 30-year mortgage rate retests record lows
Oct 1st, 2009 - Reuters
(Adds mortgage rates, background) NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The average rate on 30-yearU.S. home loans fell in the past week to retest record lows,helping stimulate housing demand...
Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates rise as outlook brightens
May 8th, 2009 - bizjournals
Mortgage rates remain near historic lows, but rates ticked up a bit this week, a move Freddie Mac links to the improving outlook for the U.S. economy. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 4.84 percent this week...
Fixed mortgage rates fall
May 8th, 2009 - MiamiHerald
Fixed mortgage rates fell for a third consecutive week, matching the record low reached earlier this month, driven by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's plan to buy home-loan securities to bolster the housing market.
US 30-year mortgage rates slide toward record lows
Mar 18th, 2009 - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. 30-year fixed home loan rates on Wednesday slid by as much as 3/8 percentage point to about 5 percent, nearing record lows, after the Federal Reserve more than doubled its planned purchases of mortgage-related securities.



