http://www.refinanceguide.com Research, Compare And Save On Mortgages, Personal, Auto & Refinance Loans Fri, 16 May 2008 02:32:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Home owners who have mortgages that may be adjusting in the next few months could be pleasantly surprised to find out their mortgage rates may actually be adjusting down. Their has been a great deal of speculation that the large number of arm's scheduled to reset in 2008 would have ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/05/15/arm-rates-resetting-lower-than-current-market-rates/ Yes, it is hard to imagine that lenders still offer second mortgages even after the mortgage crisis that has been seen within the market over the past six months. Their are a number of major lenders that will still offer home equity loans and fixed second mortgages, up to 90 ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/05/13/consider-a-home-equity-line-of-credit/ Millions of Americans have started to receive their rebate checks from the government in the mail over the past few weeks. This part of the economic stimulus package has received the most attention in the news, however there is another key benefit of the program that has also begun to ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/05/11/jumbo-loan-options-expanding/ The stock market could be under pressure from the fallout of the Yahoo & Microsoft merger.  So what does this have to do with mortgage rates? The connection is strictly tied with investment dollars and decisions. When the stock market is doing well and investors are purchasing equities you tend ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/05/05/how-could-yahoo-stock-effect-mortgage-rates/ The Federal Reserve as expected cut the fed funds rate by .25% lowering the key rate down to 2%. This translates over to a prime rate of 5%. The move was expected by most economists who recognize that the fed is facing an increasingly difficult task of balancing rates and ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/05/01/fed-cuts-key-rate/ The bad news for the U.S. economy continues to come out in mass. On the eve of another meeting by the FOMC, the countries largest mortgage lender reported losses totaling near 800 million dollars. Countrywide is continuing to be hit hard by the fall out in the real estate markets ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/04/29/countryide-drops-foreclosure-filings-rise-at-record-paces/ The window to refinance your existing mortgage for a low fixed rate home loan is still available. There are some simple things every home owner should know to ensure they get the best loan for their refinance scenario. Some of the most common mistakes made by home owners who want ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/04/26/ten-common-refinance-mistakes/ This year has provided a unique opportunity for home owners to refinance their mortgage into fixed mortgage rates at levels last seen in 2003. In January of this year fixed mortgage rates reached their lowers levels of the past five years and were around 5.25% as the yield on the ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/04/20/refinance-rates-moving-up/ You can not open a newspaper without hearing the term credit crunch and falling home prices. The financial mess is going full circle, first from main street down to wall street and now back to main street... The worst time to borrow money is when you really need it desperately, and ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/04/17/credit-squeeze/ The housing crisis is a daily headline on almost every website, newspaper and blog. The fact that American home owners have lost billions of dollars worth of equity is very concerning and one of the largest items on politicians agendas heading into the elections. Our country is growing at a ... http://www.refinanceguide.com/2008/04/11/the-biggest-obstacle-facing-the-real-estate-market-is-excess-inventory/