The Fed Starts A 2-Day Meeting- Is it Time to Lock You Mortgage Rate?

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The Federal Open Market Committee begins a 2-day meeting today. Mortgage rates are expected to be volatile for the next 48 hours.

Fed Poised to Move Dublin Mortgage Rates This Week : April 23, 2012

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Mortgage markets were mostly unchanged last week, breaking a three-week winning streak.

Pleasanton Mortgage Rates Improve- Rates This Week, April 16, 2012

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Mortgage markets improved last week as a global flight-to-quality continued.

FHA Cost Increase Drive Bay Area Home Buyers to Conventional Alternatives

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Recent FHA premium increases should remind real estate professionals and potential home buyers with less than a 20 percent down payment to consider private mortgage insurance as a competitive and affordable alternative to an FHA-insured loan. On April 9, FHA increased its mortgage insurance premiums again. In fact, over the past 18 months, FHA’s insurance… Read More

Bay Area Mortgage Rates This Week, April 9, 2012- Jobs Playing Roll

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In a week of up-and-down trading, mortgage markets improved for the second consecutive week last week.