Mortgage Rates Starting To Creep Up

Below is a report that indicates that the mortgage rates are starting to move up. It is predicted that by the end of the year the rates will be close to 6%. Freddie Mac’s weekly survey put the average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) at 5.01% with a 0.7 origination point for the… Read More

Some Washington banks are recovering, others see their options narrowing (Seattle Times)

Washington’s banking sector is among the nation’s most troubled, by some measures: Two dozen of the 95 banks and thrifts headquartered within the state, or 25.3 percent, have had their operations restricted by state or federal regulators — one of the highest levels in the country.

banks3q (Seattle Times)

To create a fair sample of the nearly 100 banks and thrifts headquartered in Washington state, The Seattle Times first chose all banks whose parent companies are publicly traded and all banks that have received money through the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Mortgage Rates at Record Lows

Freddie Mac’s weekly survey of average interest rates put the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) at 4.83% with an average 0.7 points for the week ending Nov.12, down from the average rate of 4.91% the previous week. That’s a mere 5 basis points shy of Freddie Mac’s record low of 30-year FRM rates, reached twice in… Read More