Chris Thorpe Real Estate

Freddie Mac reports a drop in the 30-year fixed mortgage rate to 5.94 percent during the week ended Oct. 9, marking the first decrease in three weeks. The 15-year fixed rate slipped to 5.63 percent from 5.78 percent the previous week. Meanwhile, the five-year adjustable mortgage rate dropped a notch to 5.9 percent from 6 percent; and the ...

WASHINGTON (federalreserve.gov, CNN) – The Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee cut its short-term interest rate by a half of a percentage point today to 4.75 percent. According to the committee, the tightening of credit conditions has the potential to intensify the housing correction and to restrain ...