WASHINGTON, May 2 (UPI) -- Home equity cashed out during refinancing, in the first quarter, dropped to the lowest level in four years, a report issued Friday said.

WASHINGTON, May 1 (UPI) -- Interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages increased in the United States for the second consecutive week, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Declines in home values and stricter loan standards combined to push equity cash-outs down in the fourth quarter of 2007, Freddie Mac reported Friday.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Thirty-year fixed rate mortgage rates rose in the United States for the first time in five weeks, figures released Thursday by Freddie Mac indicated.

MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Third-quarter U.S. home prices fell 1.3 percent, following a 0.5 percent drop in the second quarter, for the largest decline in 25 years, Freddie Mac said Tuesday.

MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 29 (UPI) -- The Freddie Mac mortgage survey said Thursday the 30-year fixed mortgage rates in the United States had fallen to their lowest level in more than two years.

WASHNGTON, D.C., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Mortgage rates were held lower by worries over a slowing economy and a continuing housing slump, the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Survey said Thursday.

MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Freddie Mac-asssisted mortgage rates were up across the board this week, a turnaround from a week ago, a report says.

MCLEAN, Va., July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. home sales will drop to their lowest level in six years as mortgage rates and foreclosures increase, U.S. mortgage buyer Freddie Mac forecast Monday.