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Mortgage Rates January 28, 2009

by steverussell on January 28, 2009 · 5 comments

in Gulf Coast Mortgages

Today marked the first FED meeting since December 16th when they announced the FED would be aggressively buying mortgage backed securities through the first 6 months of 2009. 

The news was as expected with rates remaining unchanged and a commitment to keep them unchanged until further notice.

The bond market reacted negatively to the news as it is seen as a positive for the economy.  Bond traders are selling this afternoon

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Mortgage Rates December 19th – Weekly Wrap Up

December 19, 2008 Gulf Coast Mortgages

We started out really well, then the fed meeting results came out with the lowest federal funds rate in the history of the federal reserve at .25%. That’s right, the banks are now borrowing their money at .25%.

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