Mortgage markets improved last week as Wall Street's concerns about the Middle East trumped its fears of inflation. Conforming and FHA mortgage rates in Tennessee fell to a 3-week low. Last week marked the second straight week in which mortgage rates fell, a streak that follows four straight week
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02/28/2011
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02/24/2011
Home resales rose another 2.7 percent last month, according to the National Association of REALTORS® monthly Existing Home Sales report. An "existing home" is a home that's been previously occupied and is not considered new construction. The number of existing homes sold on a rolling 12-month b
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02/24/2011
Mortgage markets improved slightly last week, rebounding from the worst 1-week loss in recent history. The gains were geopolitical, however; the result of instability in the Middle East region. Economic data was overlooked as investors made a broad-based flight-to-quality. For just the second t
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02/22/2011
This FHA Streamline information is accurate as of today, February 21, 2011. Mortgage guidelines change all the time. If you get your FHA information somewhere else, double-check the article's publish date first. The FHA Streamline Refinance Returns To Its Roots The FHA-insured mortgage market sh
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02/21/2011
The Federal Reserve released its January 25-26, 2011 meeting minutes last Wednesday afternoon. Tennessee mortgage rates have been in flux since. Fed Minutes are comprehensive recaps of Federal Open Market Committee meetings; a detailed look at the debates and discussions that shape our nation's
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02/21/2011
Each month, in conjunction with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Census Bureau releases its New Residential Construction report. The report is comprised of several sections, one of which counts the number of homes that have "broken ground" nationwide. They're called "Housing
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02/18/2011
Mortgage lending appears to be loosening. That is, IF you're only looking at certain data. In its quarterly survey of member banks, the Federal Reserve asks senior loan officers around the country whether their "prime" residential mortgage guidelines had tightened within the last 3 months. A pr
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02/18/2011
