Mortgage Rates Rise After Record Run at Historic
Lows
After month long run at record low
levels, rates on 30 year fixed rate mortgages rose above 5 percent last week. Rates started
their decline after the Federal Reserve announced last November their plan to buy $500
million in mortgage backed securities. It was hoped this would encourage banks to lend more
money and help the troubled housing industry.Read
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Sales #s are up slightly but buyer
traffic has greatly increased in the last few weeks. With mortgage rates going up –
½ percent increase will add 10% to your annual
interest cost – buyers are not waiting for prices to fall further.
January Short Sale
& Bank Owned Sales in Indian River County
- from REALTORS Association
of Indian River County MLS database
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