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	<title>Mortgage News Post &#187; Housing Market Updates</title>
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		<title>Home Loan Applications Decline</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/07/16/home-loan-applications-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of home loan applications in the U.S. for home purchases fell to a 13 1/2-year low last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported yesterday, in a further sign of the slump in home buying since a federal tax credit concluded at the end of April.  There have been fears for months that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FHA Credit Improving</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/02/03/fha-credit-improving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FHA home loans originated last year went towards borrowers with better credit scores than in previous years. These borrowers migrated to FHA when the subprime market disappeared.  The average credit score of an FHA borrower is now 690, up from 630 only two years ago, agency officials said.  The agency banned 268 FHA lenders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Loan Applications Decreased 11% Last Week</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2010/01/27/mortgage-loan-applications-decreased-11-last-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Bloomberg, the number of mortgage loan applications in the U.S. dropped last week for the first time in a month, led by a slump in home refinancing.   The Mortgage Bankers Association’s index of home loan applications fell 11% to 513 in the week ended Jan. 22 from 575.9 a week earlier. The group’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Mortgage Rates Climb 3 Weeks in a Row</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/11/03/home-mortgage-rates-climb-3-weeks-in-a-row/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/11/03/home-mortgage-rates-climb-3-weeks-in-a-row/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home mortgage rates for 30-year home loans rose to 5.03 % this week, the third consecutive weekly increase. The average home loan rates rose from 5% a week earlier, mortgage giant Freddie Mac said last week. The last time the average was higher was the week of September 24th, when rates averaged 5.04%.   The average [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncertainty in Mortgage News with Predatory Lending Reform</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/10/13/264/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/10/13/264/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uncertainty highlights the mortgage news as the  fate of government-sponsored mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, pending regulatory changes that are still under debate and a growing unease over the soundness of the FHA, which has come to dominate the mortgage-origination market in the wake of the financial crisis.  &#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a couple [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Current Mortgage Rates</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/07/20/current-mortgage-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Current mortgage interest rates are up this past week brought on by higher Treasury rates, 10-year U.S. Treasury rates rose from about 3.30 % to 3.65 % this week. Today’s mortgage interest rates remain historically low.  The low rates home mortgages are slowly starting to resurect the home purchase market.  Home-buyers are being lured back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trend Upward for Mortgage Rates</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/07/02/trend-upward-for-mortgage-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/07/02/trend-upward-for-mortgage-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The average rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage dropped to 4.81 % from 4.93 % the prior week. The rate on a one-year adjustable mortgage loans decreased to 6.52 % last week from 6.54 %, according to the mortgage bankers.  Home loan rates tracked by McLean, Virginia-based mortgage buyer Freddie Mac climbed along with Treasury [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mortgage Rates Spike</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/06/01/mortgage-rates-spike/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/06/01/mortgage-rates-spike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A significant rise in mortgage rates is threatening to undermine the already shaky real estate market and toss sand into the gears of the Government&#8217;s plans to rescue the economy. Beginning last fall, the Federal Reserve rolled out a series of initiatives&#8211;such as the purchase of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities and long-term treasury bonds&#8211;that worked to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Monitoring More Popular with Credit Crunch</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/03/31/credit-monitoring-more-popular-with-credit-crunch/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/03/31/credit-monitoring-more-popular-with-credit-crunch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t forget, credit line declines will usually cause FICO scores to drop if there is any balance at all. These are a few of the gory details coming from the consumer stories declaring damages to credit reports stemming from finance companies cutting credit lines.   Credit repair has been popular for the last decade…But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Mortgage Rescue Plan Rolls Out as Median Home Price Drop Below $300,000</title>
		<link>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/02/25/obama-mortgage-rescue-plan-rolls-out-as-median-home-price-drop-below-300000/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.mortgagerelatednews.com/index.php/2009/02/25/obama-mortgage-rescue-plan-rolls-out-as-median-home-price-drop-below-300000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freddie Max</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most real estate evaluators would agree that Obama&#8217;s mortgage rescue plan is likely to slow foreclosures for many homeowners, some financing experts question how much it can help in a high-cost regions such as San Diego where home values have fallen so sharply. For example, the rescue plan offers much-needed refinancing to borrowers who [...]]]></description>
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