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Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, showing mortgage rates easing to new all-time record lows for all products covered in the survey helping to keep homebuyer affordability high. The average for the 30-year fixed…

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Second quarter 2010 mortgage delinquency rates (loans at least one month behind in payment) are out from the Mortgage Bankers Association. While the number of foreclosures decreased, as compared to the first quarter of this year, the number of mortgage delinquencies continues to rise.

But what about the delinquency rates of ARMs vs. fixed rated mortgages? The gap between the two continues to be pretty wide. On fixed rate mortgages, delinquencies increased to 4.75 %. With adjustable rate mortgages, however,…

RISMEDIA, August 3, 2010—(MCT)—The 4.5% fixed-rate mortgage is here, although more than 14 months late. That magic number, or a close approximation, was reached recently, when Freddie Mac reported a 30-year rate of 4.54%. The possibility first arose in early 2009, when the government began mass-purchasing mortgages from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to prop up housing. Just about everyone predicted the rates would hit what builders and real estate agents call a “sweet spot” in a few months, and…