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Is Now the Right Time to Refinance Your Iowa Home?

March 7, 2012

Mortgage rates are low but can’t stay low forever. Here’s how you can join the current Refi Boom.

Midwest Markets are the Most Affordable in the U.S.

March 6, 2012

Home affordability moved higher last quarter, boosted by the lowest mortgage rates in history, a rise in median income, and slow-to-recover home prices.

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Friday’s Jobs Report Will Be the Focus This Week

March 5, 2012

Rates Should be Volatile According to Freddie Mac’s weekly mortgage rate survey, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now 3.90% nationwide with an accompanying 0.8 discount points and a full set of closing costs. Borrowers in Urbandale wishing to pay no points, or fewer fees, should expect higher rates than the Freddie Mac average. [...]

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Good News for the Economy is Bad News for Mortgage Rates

March 5, 2012

Mortgage markets worsened last week as the U.S. economy continued to show that it’s in recovery, and as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke publicly hinted at the same.

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FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums are Rising Again

March 2, 2012

Beginning April 1, 2012, the FHA is once again raising its mortgage insurance premiums.

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Case-Shiller Index was Released This Week

March 1, 2012

Standard & Poors released its December 2011 Case-Shiller Index this week.

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Housing Market is Headed for a Strong Spring Season

February 29, 2012

The Pending Home Sales Index resumed its climb in January, posting a 2 percent gain over the month prior.

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New Homes are Selling Faster than Builders Can Build Them

February 28, 2012

321,000 new homes were sold last month on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis. 7 of 10 new homes sold for less than $300,000.

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FHA Expected to Announce New Mortgage Insurance Premiums This Week

February 27, 2012

Rates Remain at Near All Time Lows for Now Last week’s rate improvements were partly because the Greece bailout has yet to be finalized, and partly because concerns about Iran have sparked a mortgage bond flight-to-safety. International demand for U.S.-auctioned bonds was especially high last week and mortgage bonds benefited. There are just two key [...]

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