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Simple Tips To Keep Your FICO High

September 11th, 2012 · Comments Off on Simple Tips To Keep Your FICO High

For today’s home buyers and refinancing households, the value of “good credit” has never been higher.

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Tags: Personal Finance

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 10, 2012

September 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 10, 2012

Mortgage rates rose slightly in last week’s holiday-shortened week.

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Tags: Mortgage Rates

Coming Next Week : New, Mandatory Loan Fees For All Conforming Mortgages

September 7th, 2012 · Comments Off on Coming Next Week : New, Mandatory Loan Fees For All Conforming Mortgages

Beginning as soon as next week, new, mandatory mortgage fees will push conforming mortgage rates higher nationwide.

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Tags: The Economy

Case-Shiller Index Shows Huge Home Price Gain

September 6th, 2012 · Comments Off on Case-Shiller Index Shows Huge Home Price Gain

According to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index, home prices rose 6.9% between the first and second quarter of 2012, the largest quarter-to-quarter gain since the home-value tracker’s 1987 inception.

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Tags: Housing Analysis

Making Coupon-Free Savings At The Supermarket

September 5th, 2012 · Comments Off on Making Coupon-Free Savings At The Supermarket

With grocery bills rising, use these money-saving tips to get through the supermarket faster and with less money spent.

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Tags: Personal Finance

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 4, 2012

September 4th, 2012 · Comments Off on What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week : September 4, 2012

Mortgage markets improved last week for the second consecutive week.

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Tags: Mortgage Rates

Mortgage Rates Drop For The First Time In 4 Weeks

August 31st, 2012 · Comments Off on Mortgage Rates Drop For The First Time In 4 Weeks

After 4 weeks of increases, mortgage rates finally recede nationwide.

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Tags: Mortgage Rates

Pending Home Sales Index Makes New High For 2012

August 30th, 2012 · Comments Off on Pending Home Sales Index Makes New High For 2012

In July, the third time this year, the Pending Home Sales Index crossed its benchmark value of 100, moving to 101.7.

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Tags: Housing Analysis

New Home Sales Reach Multi-Year High

August 29th, 2012 · Comments Off on New Home Sales Reach Multi-Year High

As reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 372,000 new homes were sold in July on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis.

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Tags: Housing Analysis

Government : Home Prices Up 3.0% In Last 12 Months Nationwide

August 28th, 2012 · 1 Comment

According to the Federal Home Finance Agency’s Home Price Index, home prices rose by a seasonally-adjusted 0.7 percent between May and June 2012. The index is now up 3.0% over the past 12 months, and made its biggest quarterly gain since 2005 last quarter.

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Tags: Housing Analysis