New record for 30 year mortgage rate Here we go again setting new records. Freddie Mac’s weekly report said the 30-year fixed rate slipped to 4.44% for the week ended Thursday, the lowest since it began tracking the rate in 1971. Last week’s rates stood at 4.49%, and a year ago it was at 5.29%…. Read More
New Home Sales Drop
January 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
On the heels of the S&P/Case-Shiller report yesterday, the Commerce Department said sales fell 7.6 percent to a 342,000 unit annual rate from an upwardly revised 370,000 units in November. It was the second straight month that new home sales declined. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected new home sales to increase to a 370,000… Read More
