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This week in the Mortgage Markets

July 19, 2011

Mortgage markets worsened last week as concerns for the global economy drove new rounds of “safe haven” buying. Fear continues to dominate mortgage bond market movement and Pennsylvania and New Jersey rate shoppers are benefiting. Conforming and FHA mortgage rates fell for the second straight week last week, and closed out Friday with favorable momentum [...]

Fed Meetings and their impact on consumers

July 18, 2011

The Federal Reserve released its June 2011 Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes Tuesday. It contained no surprises and, as such, mortgage rates in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have idled in the hours since. The Fed Minutes is published 8 times annually, three weeks after each scheduled Federal Open Market Committee meeting. It’s the official log [...]

Heading for another Refi Boom?

June 14, 2011

Mortgage rates are falling, falling, falling. On a wave of uncertainty about Greece and its debt; and weaker-than-expected economic data at home, conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates have fallen to levels not seen since December 2, 2010. Mortgage rates have dropped 8 weeks in a row. Not even last year’s Refi Boom produced an [...]