Fed May Buy Mortgages Next, Treasury Investors Bet (Update2)

March 24 (Bloomberg) -- Forget lower interest rates. For the Federal Reserve to keep the financial markets from imploding it needs to buy troubled mortgage bonds from banks and securities firms, say the world's biggest ... More... (Mortgage News)
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Fed is enabling credit addicts

Abuse of easy credit seems more rampant than drug abuse. If the DEA ran its drug programs the same way the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department run our economy, they would be handing out free ... More... (Mortgage Lender & Broker News, Mortgage News)
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Fed cuts won’t affect 30-year loans

The Federal Reserve's decision to slash short-term interest rates might spare midstaters from a recession, but it won't save them money on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages. Here's why: mortgage rates are not tied to short-term interest rates. ... More... (Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage News)
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FOCUS Federal Reserve cuts to interest rates benefit banks, not consumers

WASHINGTON, Mar. 19, 2008 (Thomson Financial delivered by Newstex) -- The Federal Reserve's rate cutting campaign is benefiting banks and financial institutions, but the interest rate declines have yet to pass through to the average ... More... (Mortgage News)
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The Fed’s Interest Rate Cut Doesn’t Mean Mortgage Rates Will Fall

Typically, when the Federal Open Market Committee cuts interest rates, like it did earlier in the week, the rate consumers pay for a mortgage loan falls. But unfortunately for borrowers, these are atypical times. One ... More... (Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage News)
Add a Comment , , March 21st, 2008

Bernanke May Cut Benchmark Rate by Most Since Volcker (Update1)

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may be readying the deepest interest-rate cut in a generation as the central bank struggles to prevent a meltdown in financial markets and a recession. Traders ... More... (Mortgage Interest Rates, Mortgage News)
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