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Mortgage rates level off

HSH.com releases its latest Weekly Mortgage Rates Radar showing almost no change in mortgage rates from the previous week. The Weekly Mortgage Rates radar reports the average rates and points offered by lenders for the two most popular types of mortgages, the conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and the conforming 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM). Average rates for these were mixed during the week ending December 11. Read more.

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Fixed mortgage rates fall to new lows

HSH.com releases its latest Weekly Mortgage Rates Radar showing a decline in mortgage rates from the previous week. The Weekly Mortgage Rates radar reports the average rates and points offered by lenders for the two most popular types of mortgages, the conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and the conforming 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM). Average rates for both kinds of loans retreated during the week ending December 4. Read more.

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Fixed mortgage rates fall to new lows

HSH.com releases its latest Weekly Mortgage Rates Radar showing a decline in mortgage rates from the previous week. The Weekly Mortgage Rates radar reports the average rates and points offered by lenders for the two most popular types of mortgages, the conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and the conforming 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM). Average rates for both kinds of loans retreated during the week ending December 4. Read more.

Mortgage rates nudge upward

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Mortgage rates hover near record lows this week

The Weekly Mortgage Rates radar reports the average rates and points offered by lenders for the two most popular types of mortgages, the conforming 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and the conforming 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM). Average rates were mixed during the week ending November 20. Read more.