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Mortgage rates fall to lowest level since May 2013

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell for the fourth straight week, with the benchmark 30-year rate again marking its lowest level since May 2013. The average for a 15-year mortgage, a popular choice for people who are refinancing, slipped further below 3 percent.

Mortgage rates are lowest since 2013

Mortgage rates declined for the third straight week, with lenders on average offering 3.63% on a 30-year fixed loan, Freddie Mac reported Thursday.

Average rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.63 pct.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell for the fourth straight week, with the benchmark 30-year rate again marking its lowest level since May 2013. The average for a 15-year mortgage, a popular choice for people who are refinancing, slipped further below 3 percent.

Blackstone Mortgage Trust Declares $0.52 Per Share Dividend

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (BXMT) today declared a dividend of $0.52 per share of class A common stock with respect to the fourth quarter of 2014. Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (BXMT) is a real estate finance company that originates senior loans collateralized by properties in North America and Europe

No Sense in Keeping the GSEs Undercapitalized

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — The Community Mortgage Lenders of America (CMLA) today called on Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and chief GSE regulator Mel Watt to take immediate action to cure the under-capitalization of both the Federal National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (GSEs). In a December 10, 2014 letter to the Federal Housing Finance Agency …