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mortgage loan Rates Rise for 2nd Straight Week

The latest Mortgage Bankers Association report on mortgage applications noted a week-over-week decrease in the seasonally adjusted composite index for the week ending February 13.

Mortgage apps plunge as rates hit highest level of year

Mortgage interest rates rose to their highest level since the beginning of this year, and mortgage volume reacted in the opposite direction. Loan applications fell 13.2 percent for the week ending February 13, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Total volume is still 14 percent above where it was a year ago, when interest rates were considerably higher.

FHA to cut mortgage insurance premiums: White House

By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Housing Administration will reduce annual mortgage insurance premiums by 0.5 percentage point to 0.85 percent from 1.35 percent, the White House said on Wednesday. President Barack Obama will discuss the action in a speech in Phoenix on Thursday. The premium cut is the latest in U.S. government efforts to widen mortgage access against a …

mortgage loan Rates Turn Lower After Holidays

The Mortgage Bankers Association's most recent report on mortgage applications noted a decrease in the seasonally adjusted composite index for the two-week period ending January 2.