Mortgage rates fall further, but demand is still low
Written on March 10, 2010 – 3:05 am | by numdigg
For the fourth next week, mortgage rates eased a bit 'more. Decreased according to the latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey from Freddie Mac, the prices for both short and long-term loans and long-term loans with a small margin in recent weeks.
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at 6.24 percent with 0.4 point last week settled at 6.26 percent and 0.4 points over the previous week. This is the lowest, after a week to 17 May 2007, when theFRM 30-years was 6.21 percent. According to figures of last year, the interest rate averaged 6.33 percent, the same date last year.
Even if the fees and points for 15 years fixed rate increased from 0.4-0.5 points on a mortgage average 5.90%, only 0.01% less than the previous week. And last year by an average of 5%. This is the second lowest in 10 weeks ending in May the average was 5.87%.
While the 1 years adjustable rate mortgages remained unchanged, 5 / 1ARM 0.07% higher than last week and an average of 5.96%. The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged, but the 30-year Treasury rate, on average, 4.53%, which was 0.07% lower than the week before. Average ARM 1 years Treasury Index 5.50% to 5.57% the previous week.
But despite the decline in mortgage rates, demand for mortgages seem to be even lower. The refinancing of the loan applications in the third quarter fell to 38% from 42% in the second quarter.The most obvious reason is the tightening of credit standards by the post-loan company, mortgage crisis, which led many banks and other financial institutions to cancel a large amount of mortgage-backed securities and other liabilities.
This is evident from the survey report published by the Federal Reserve. Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank lending practices refers to the third quarter of 2007. The report showed that in recent months, the standard loanfor commercial and industrial loans were reviewed and reinforced by domestic banks and foreign companies. The same applies to commercial loans around the property.
As it was that triggered the subprime mortgage crisis, financial institutions can play in a safe manner through the introduction of stricter rules for borrowers with less than excellent credit rating. The situation is unlikely to undergo any changereports of increases in foreclosure and speculation that the banks can write off even more importance in the fourth quarter, in support of the fears most.
The closing rate of the third quarter increased by almost 30% of that in the second quarter compared. Even if the government tries to come with workable solutions to the problems of homeowners in trouble with a good number of loans by mid-2008, once again sent foreclosure rates are expected to remain high. SoCollapse of the housing market should continue next year and in the spring of 2009.
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