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Mortgage Rates Lower After Bernanke Testimony

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July 18, 2013  :6:35 AM PST 
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  • National Average for 30-Yr Fixed Mortgage Rate jumped to 4.51% on July 11. 
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REAL ESTATE & MORTGAGE NEWS
By Matthew Graham - Mortgage rates improved moderately Wednesday, making it back to levels not seen since July 3rd.  That makes today something of a symbolic victory as July 3rd was the last trading day before rates swung roughly a third of a point higher in one fell swoop on Friday July 5th.  Conventional 30yr fixed best-execution is now down to 4.5 percent on average though several lenders are competitively priced at 4.25 - 4.375 percent.  This doesn't necessarily mean that one lender will have the same closing costs at 4.5 as another would at 4.25 (though that is roughly the range between the best and worst), simply that it may make financial sense to some borrowers to pay more closing costs in exchange for a lower rate.  >>Read More Mortgage News Daily

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