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...Rates on 30-year mortgages have hovered around 6.8 per cent for the past six weeks, according to Freddie Mac....
...The average rate for a 30-year, fixed home mortgage was around 6.63 per cent last week, according to Freddie Mac....
...The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to 6.95 per cent in the week ending Thursday from 7.03 per cent during the prior seven-day period, according to Freddie Mac....
...The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose to almost 8 per cent in November, a level not seen since 2000, according to Freddie Mac. Rates have since fallen below 7 per cent....
...Mortgage rates surged in October, with the 30-year fixed rate hitting 7.9 per cent, according to Freddie Mac, though they have since declined....
...Mortgage rates have risen sharply in recent months, rising from 6.48 per cent at the start of the year to a 23-year high of 7.79 per cent last week, according to Freddie Mac....
...The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has increased to 7.31 per cent, mortgage lender Freddie Mac said on Thursday, up from 7.19 per cent last week, and the highest level since the third week of December...
...The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen to 7.09 per cent, mortgage lender Freddie Mac said on Thursday, up from 6.96 per cent last week and the highest since the 7.13 per cent registered in April...
...The government created Freddie Mac, Ginnie Mae, mortgage-backed securities, modified mortgages and subsidised rates for homeowners. It was a 1 per cent mortgage era....
...In the US, they are largely possible only through government intervention, since many of the loans end up being guaranteed by government agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
...The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rate recently jumped to 7.23 per cent, according to home loan agency Freddie Mac....
...The average 30-year mortgage rate rose to 7.57 per cent last week, the highest level in nearly 23 years, according to Freddie Mac....
...Shortly after the financial crisis, she landed one of the toughest assignments at the bank: turning around Citi’s mortgage division, the unit that had created many of the toxic loans that had nearly taken...
...Citi also has a reputation for offering favourable rates on mortgages to its law firm clients....
...Fannie, and its sister mortgage agency, Freddie Mac, had issued CLN-type bonds on about $1.7tn of mortgages....
...Hunterbrook accused UWS, a mortgage lender, of cultivating loyal mortgage brokers while telling customers they were independent....
...The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.96 per cent last week, according to home loan financier Freddie Mac, getting close to November’s 20-year high of 7.08 per cent....
...Interest rates for 30-year mortgages are approaching 7 per cent, according to Freddie Mac, and are at their highest level since November....
...Finally, when the MBS market first started taking off in the 1970s and 1980s it also needed a government quasi-guarantee in the form of backing from agencies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac....
...Citi says it serves 700 law firms and 50,000 lawyers in the US and Britain, providing services that include favourable mortgage rates....
...And the riskiest business to be in was subprime mortgage. So Citi ran right into it....
...Some of these sins of omission involve institutions: the mortgage groups Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, for example, remain stuck in a bizarre legal limbo, while there is still far too little scrutiny of non-bank...
...Commercial property, and in particular mortgages on office buildings with low occupancy rates, have been a big concern for lenders since the Fed started lifting interest rates....
...Zoom out beyond Morgan Stanley and Citi and their moves hint at broader pressures....
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