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In the News: Mortgage rate falls

Apr. 30, 2009
Mortgage rate falls - The average rate on 30-year fixed mortgages tied a record low this week, 4.78 percent, down from 4.8 percent last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.48 percent, unchanged for...
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Freddie Mac: rates up, but market improves

WASHINGTON, March 13 (UPI) -- Interest rates for both 30-year and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages in the United States increased this week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

U.S. fixed-rate mortgages unchanged

MCLEAN, Va., March 15 (UPI) -- The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate U.S. mortgage average was unchanged at 6.14 percent, U.S. mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Thursday. The same mortgage averaged 6.34 percent a year ago, the company officially known as the Federal Home Loan Mortga

U.S. mortgage rates rise to 6.3 percent

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. mortgage rates rose slightly, to 6.3 percent from 6.28 percent for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.28 percent a year ago.

Mortgage rates creeping up

WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- A 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in the United States averaged 5.77 percent in the last seven days, up from the previous week's level, Freddie Mac said Thursday.

U.S. mortgage rates edged up last week

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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch