- The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage hit 3.70% on Friday, the lowest since November 2016, according to Mortgage News Daily. That rate will likely dip even lower Monday, as bond yields continue to fall.
- The drop last week meant that 8.2 million 30-year mortgage holders could likely qualify for a refinance and save at least 0.75% off of their current interest rate by doing so, according to a new tally by Black Knight, a mortgage software and analytics company.
- While rates are now incredibly favorable for both refinance and home purchases, consumers still need to shop around for the best rate, and a full one-third of them are not, according to a new survey from Fannie Mae.
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The Financial Times / Meredith Whitney reported that Freddie Mac wants to enter the secondary home equity loan market in a win-win for the government, Wall Street, and consumers with Mortgage Reform that could unleash the next big U.S. stimulus. The U.S. housing market is harboring the potential for unprecedented economic stimulus that wouldn't require any federal spending, according to Meredith Whitney, the one-time Oracle of Wall Street” who predicted the Great Financial Crisis. Meredith noted that mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac asked its regulator last month to enter the secondary mortgage market, or home equity loans, which allow homeowners to borrow against the equity in their houses. Such borrowing can be used for vacations, weddings, new cars, investments, medical bills, or starting a business. In other words, it's more money that could power the economy. Letting Freddie Mac initiate this mortgage reform for home equity loans could start putting $1 trillion into consumers' wallets as soon as this summer and $2 trillion by the autumn, Whitney estimated. If fellow mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mac follow along, the potential stimulus could top $3 trillion. Click Read More below for the whole post and more information about interest rates.
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