Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 4, 2012
(Reuters) – Demand for loans to buy homes and refinance mortgages slid in the final week of 2011, even as mortgage rates dipped, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 24, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The weak housing sector continues to pose a strong headwind to the economic recovery, and the Federal Reserve could potentially do more to drive down mortgage rates to support the sector, an influential Federal Reserve official said on Monday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 28, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Applications for U.S. home mortgages rose last week, reflecting a jump in demand for home loan refinancing as mortgage rates dropped, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 26, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales and prices of new single-family U.S. homes fell in August despite historically low mortgage rates, underscoring the difficulties policymakers face in efforts to boost the moribund housing sector.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on June 29, 2011
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Applications for home mortgages slipped last week as demand waned, even as mortgage rates dropped, an industry group said on Wednesday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on November 29, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. commercial real estate loan delinquencies and default rates continued to march toward new records in the third quarter, but the pace of growth slowed, in yet another sign of…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 20, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mortgage applications slumped last week as interest rates on 15- and 30-year fixed-rate mortgages rose for the first time in six weeks, data from an industry group showed on…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on October 7, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage rates reached new record lows in the latest week as economic data raised the appeal of safe-haven government debt, according to a survey released on Thursday by…
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 26, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. mortgage rates fell in the latest week to the lowest on record and posted their ninth drop in the last ten weeks, Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on August 12, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Home loan rates set new lows in the latest week on more evidence of a soft U.S. economy and high unemployment, home funding company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.
