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Is now a good time to refinance your mortgage?
MISHAWAKA – It’s been a bumpy economic ride lately, but perhaps one bright spot is the fact that interest rates are at a 50-year low. Those low rates are creating another rush to local lenders for some area homeowners considering refinancing...Tags: Mortgages, Money and Monetary Policy, Real Estate, Human Interest, Politics
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Firm that threw foreclosure costume party closing
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An embattled New York foreclosure law firm that was criticized for a Halloween party that mocked the homeless and was recently shunned by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will close. A statement issued Monday originally said Steven...Tags: Entertainment Events, Fannie Mae, Halloween
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Fixed mortgage rates fall to 2011 lows
NEW YORK (AP) — Fixed mortgage rates hit the lowest point of the year for the third straight week. Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year loan fell to 4.60 percent from 4.61 percent. That's the lowest point since mid-December. The average...Tags: Mortgages, Homes, Real Estate
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Key House Republican praises Obama housing plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration's plan to gradually dissolve ailing housing giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and to shrink the government's role in the mortgage market drew praise from House Republicans on Tuesday. The GOP chairman of...Tags: Washington, DC, Crime, Law and Justice, Democratic Party, Foreclosures, Finance
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Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage dips to 4.71 pct.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rates on fixed mortgages dipped for the second straight week as Treasury yields fell. Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year mortgage dropped to 4.71 percent this week from 4.77 percent the previous week. It hit a 40-year...Tags: Mortgages, Real Estate
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Rate on 30-year fixed mortgage dips to 4.77 pct.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rates on fixed mortgages dipped this week after rising steadily over the last two months. Freddie Mac says the average rate on the 30-year mortgage dropped to 4.77 percent from 4.86 percent the previous week. It hit a 40-year low...Tags: Mortgages, Real Estate
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Average rate on 30-year mortgage dips to 5 percent
NEW YORK (AP) — Fixed mortgage rates inched down this week, following a dip in Treasury yields. Freddie Mac says the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage slipped to 5 percent from 5.05 percent last week. It hit a 40-year low of 4.17 percent in...Tags: Mortgages, Real Estate, White House
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
GAS STATION-ABDUCTION Police get high-priority tips in search for woman (Information in the following story is from: The Muskegon Chronicle, http://www.mlive.com/muskegon ) NORTON SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Police looking for a 25-year-old woman who...Tags: Mike Flanagan, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Research, Petroleum Industry
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Freddie Mac to sell $2.0 bln in bills on Monday
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, said it will sell $2.0 billion of reference bills on Monday. Freddie Mac said it plans to sell $1.0 billion of three-month bills due Aug. 19, 2013 and $1.0 billion six-month bills,...Tags: Auction Service
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Freddie Mac sells $2.0 bln bills at mixed rates
ReutersMay 20 (Reuters) - Freddie Mac, the No. 2 U.S. home funding company, on Monday said it sold $2.0 billion of reference bills at mixed rates and stronger demand compared with the most recent sales of similar maturities and comparable amounts. Freddie Mac... -
US Appeals Court overturns lower judge, rejects Oakland County claims against Fannie, Freddie
DETROIT (AP) — A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling and has thrown out Oakland County's tax claims against the federally charted mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. County Executive L. Brooks Patterson says he "always...Tags: Judges, Mortgages, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Treasury gears up to buy time under reimposed debt cap
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Friday notified Congress it was prepared to take a series of steps to free up about $260 billion so it can keep paying the nation's bills once a temporary suspension in the government's debt ceiling...Tags: Public Finance, Washington, DC, Barack Obama, National Government, Fannie Mae
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