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Mortgage rates lowest since late May

Aug. 20, 2009
Average rates on 30-year mortgages slid to the lowest levels since May this week, Freddie Mac said. The average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5.12 percent, down from 5.29 percent last week, Freddie Mac said. At this time last year, the average...
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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