Rates on 30-year mortgages average under 5%
Rates on 30-year mortgages average under 5%
Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fell slightly this week, dipping below 5%, the mortgage financier Freddie Mac said Thursday.
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Mortgage rates on 30-year U.S. loans fall to 5.06 percent
Mortgage rates on 30-year U.S. loans fall to 5.06 percent
Mortgage rates in the U.S. fell for the second consecutive week, lowering borrowing costs for consumers and making homes more affordable.
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Utility Rates Soar; Residents Want Answers
Utility Rates Soar; Residents Want Answers
High utility bills had Quincy residents taking their frustration to the street Tuesday night. Many say they’re paying more for their utilities than they are on their mortgage each month. And they can’t afford to do both.
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Bernanke sees less stimulus, higher rates ahead
Bernanke sees less stimulus, higher rates ahead
Prepare for the end of record-low interest rates, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says. Just not yet. Higher rates on credit cards, home equity loans and some mortgages will follow the Fed’s eventual pullback of the trillions it injected into the economy.
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Bank of England: savings rates could fall further
Bank of England: savings rates could fall further
The Bank of England Governor suggests interest rates could remain at their all-time low well into next year.
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Home loan demand drops despite drop in rates
Home loan demand drops despite drop in rates
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30-year mortgage rates top 5 percent
30-year mortgage rates top 5 percent
Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages rose slightly this week, inching above 5 percent, Freddie Mac said Thursday.
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Wells Fargo shuns carry-trade, braces for risk of higher rates
Wells Fargo shuns carry-trade, braces for risk of higher rates
Wells Fargo & Co., unlike its three biggest competitors, is so convinced interest rates will rise that it sacrificed as much as US$1-billion last year cutting back on fixed-income investments. …
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Chinese mortgage rates rise
Chinese mortgage rates rise
A major Chinese bank has raised mortgage rates in one of the first signs of how the government’s lending clampdown is rippling through the economy and could tame turbo-charged growth but spook investors.
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Bank of China raises mortgage rates -paper
Bank of China raises mortgage rates -paper
BEIJING, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Bank of China <601988.SS> <3988.HK>, the country’s third largest bank by market capitalisation, has raised mortgage rates offered to first-home buyers, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday.
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