Posts Tagged ‘Texas mortgage rates’
posted October 27, 2011
Dallas Refinance: Dallas Mortgage Rates Hold Near Record Lows
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-27/mortgage-rates-in-u-s-hold-near-record-lows-freddie-mac-says.html
Dallas mortgage rates were little changed, keeping borrowing costs close to the lowest level on record as the housing market stagnates.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan declined to 4.10 percent in the week ended today from 4.11 percent, Freddie Mac said in a statement. The average 15-year fixed rate held at 3.38 percent, according to the McLean, Virginia-based …
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posted October 17, 2011
Dallas Refinance: Dallas 30-fixed mortgage rates; Bank of America
Currently, Bank of America is advertising rates for 30-year fixed mortgages at 4.375% BUT.. will charge you an additional .875%. Major lenders like Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo know that borrowers want low mortgage rates so they charge higher fees (additional points).…
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posted August 22, 2011
Dallas Refinance:Â Dallas 30-year fixed mortgage rates make new lows!
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2011-08-18-mortgage-rates_n.htm
The rate on the most popular Dallas 30-year fixed mortgage dipped to 4.15% from 4.32% a week ago, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The previous low of 4.17% was reached in November. The last time long-term rates were lower was in the 1950s, when 30-year fixed loans weren’t widely available. Most long-term home loans then lasted 20 or 25 years.
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posted August 8, 2011
Dallas Refinance: Dallas mortgage rates plummet on debt deal news
http://www.bankrate.com/finance/mortgages/mortgage-rates-plummet-on-debt-deal-news.aspx
Dallas mortgage rates plunged this week as the debt ceiling deal was overshadowed by fear of a second recession in the United States and the threat of another global financial crisis.
 The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 20 basis points this week, to 4.54 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth …
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posted August 5, 2011
Dallas Mortgage Refinance: Texas Mortgage Rates Reach Record Lows
Dallas mortgage rates dropped to new lows after the latest round of gloomy economic data hurt Treasury yields, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of mortgage rates.
Mortgage rates tend to follow Treasury yields, which have fallen after data showed the U.S. economy grew a much weaker-than-expected 1.3% in the second quarter while first-quarter growth was cut to less than a quarter …
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posted July 27, 2011
Dallas Refinance:Â Are mortgage rates going to increase?
What does the uncertainty with the debt crisis mean for Dallas mortgage rates? They are currently bouncing around historic lows and have been for some time. Will Texas mortgage rates increase? We won’t know until they do…analyst say they will. Have you been thinking of  mortgage refinancing?
Take advantage of the low mortgage rates before their predicted increase. Give us …
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posted July 21, 2011
Dallas Refinance: Mortgage applications see biggest increase in 4 months
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/20/us-usa-economy-mortgages-idUSTRE73C1ZG20110720
Applications for home mortgages surged last week, racking up the biggest increase in four months on a flood of refinancing demand as interest rates remained low, an industry group said on Wednesday.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, spiked up 15.5 percent in …
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posted July 17, 2011
Dallas Refinance: Mortgage refinance rates drop lower
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2011/07/14/mortgage-rates-fall-to-labor-pains/
Mortgage rates dropped this week amid economic reports that show that the United States still faces a bleeding labor market and a crawling economy. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 10 basis points this week, to 4.69 percent, according to the Bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. A basis point is one-hundredth of 1 percentage point. …
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posted June 29, 2011
Dallas Mortgage Refinance: Home mortgages slip
http://news.yahoo.com/mortgage-applications-dipped-last-week-mba-110736082.html
 Applications for home mortgages slipped last week as demand waned, even as mortgage rates dropped, an industry group said on Wednesday.
The Mortgage Bankers Association said its seasonally adjusted index of mortgage application activity, which includes both refinancing and home purchase demand, fell 2.7 percent in the week ended June 24. The MBA’s seasonally adjusted index of refinancing applications fell 2.6 percent, while …
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posted May 6, 2011
Dallas Mortgage Refinance: Mortgage Rates Decline to Lowest Levels
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704904604575262713807080890.html
The financial turmoil in Europe is providing an unexpected windfall for American home buyers, as international money seeking a safe haven is flowing into the U.S., pushing domestic mortgage rates to the lowest levels of the year and back near 50-year lows.
The housing industry had been bracing for months for a period of rising mortgage rates, triggered by …
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