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How to Make the Most of Falling Mortgage Rates

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is close to 3.6 percent, a near rock-bottom low that???s more than a full percentage point lower than this time last year. And for many, refinancing could mean huge savings. In the words of ???Shark Tank???s??? Barbara Corcoran:?????Money???s on sale.???…

JPMorgan to pay $500 million in Bear Stearns mortgage settlement: source

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co has agreed in principle to settle class action litigation arising from Bear Stearns' sale of $17.58 billion of mortgage securities that proved defective during the recent U.S. housing and financial crises. The largest U.S. bank, which bought Bear in 2008, will pay roughly $500 million to investors led by a group of pension funds, a …

Mortgage Delinquencies Hit Post-Bubble Lows

In general, mortgage delinquencies fell to 5.4% due to home price improvements and clearing foreclosure pipelines. The normal level before the housing bubble was between 4% and 5%.