Feb 18 What Causes Mortgage Rates to Rise and Fall? Question/Comment: What causes mortgage rates to rise and fall? Will the stimulus or the remaining TARP money have any affect on mortgage rates? I heard of an attempt to temporarily lower rates to four… Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch Economic Experts Weigh Bush’s Mortgage Rate Freeze Plan, Housing Crisis President Bush announced a deal with mortgage lenders to freeze interest rates on some subprime mortgages due to move sharply higher soon that he hopes would slow the rate of home foreclosures. Economic analysts assess the value of the proposal… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch Paulson: No ‘Silver Bullet’ in Bid to Ease Mortgage Crisis As home foreclosures reached a record high Thursday, President Bush announced a deal with mortgage lenders to freeze interest rates on some subprime mortgages due to move sharply higher soon. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson discusses the details of the proposal. Continue watching