Financial Services

Mortgage Rate Update 12/11/09

December 13, 2009

This week’s economic news was mixed for mortgage markets. A speech from Fed Chief Bernanke pushed mortgage rates lower early in the week, but weak results in the Treasury auctions caused them to turn higher again later in the week. In the end, mortgage rates finished with little net change. Despite a stronger than expected [...]

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Mortgage Rate Update 5/1/2009

May 1, 2009

In anticipation of the announcement of favorable new Fed actions, mortgage rates moved lower early in the week. Some investors were looking for the Fed to expand its purchases of Treasury securities, which would be positive for mortgage rates. Those investors were disappointed, however, as the Fed announced no new initiatives. The Fed made no [...]

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Mortgage Rate Update 4/3/09

April 3, 2009

Mortgage rates seem ready to stabilize for an extended period of time, and our rates this week remain unchanged from last week. The stock market ended the quarter on another down cycle and corporations struggle through another tough quarter. This contributed to some additional improvement in mortgage rates early in the week, but returning to [...]

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Mortgage Rate Update 3/27/09

March 27, 2009

Mortgage rates dropped into the high 4 percent range this week and continue to hold at record lows. Almost totally held by Fed actions in the market–buying mortgage-backed securities and long-term treasuries–there are fears of a rapid reversal in the trend. Key economic data today with the PCE numbers and subtle indicators in recent GDP [...]

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Wallingford Market Update January 2009

February 11, 2009

The Wallingford housing market showed some signs of life in January. There were fewer listings to sell, sales were up 67% from December and they sold almost 25% quicker, and expired listings were almost half of the previous month. The average sales price decreased, but this was largely due to the absence of the new [...]

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Mortgage Rate Update 2/6/09

February 7, 2009

Despite discussion of 4 percent mortgage rates ringing in the halls of the Senate, mortgage rates continue to rise. The MortgageLoan.com mortgage rate survey indicates the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 5.39 percent today. This reflects a consistent, multi-week climb from a low of 5.10 percent in late January. The US government and Federal [...]

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Mortgage Rate Update 1/30/09

January 31, 2009

Mortgage rates are still at record lows, but they are edging up. The most troubling issue is that bank mortgage rates are moving counter to market data, meaning that mortgage banks and lenders are not passing on gains in credit market rate declines. This creates artificial tightening in consumer (mortgage) credit, as well as unpredictability [...]

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Wallingford Market Update November 2008

December 9, 2008

The Wallingford housing market took a downward turn in November, with the fewest number of homes selling in the past 6 months. They also took an average 32% longer to sell at 75 days, the longest since June. It seems that most buyers were leery of the economic situation and were waiting to see what [...]

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