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FHA Interest Rates & Fed Meeting

On April 28, 2010 By

The FHA interest rate will move today after the adjournment of the Federal Reserve’s 2-day monetary policy meeting.
In it, the Fed is expected to announce “no change” in the Fed Funds Rate. Mortgage rates, however, WILL change.

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FHA Mortgage Rate Predictions | This Week | March 22, 2010

On March 22, 2010 By

FHA interest rates closed the week relatively unchanged last week, but it was anything but a steady week. Rates improved Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and then sold off Thursday and Friday.

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FHA Interest Rates Respond to Fed Meeting

On March 16, 2010 By

Fed Funds Rate to remain unchanged. FHA interest rates responded positively to the news and we avoided a massive sell-off that would have pushed loan rates higher.

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FHA Interest Rates & the FOMC Meeting

On March 16, 2010 By

However, no change to the Fed Funds Rate doesn’t always mean no change in FHA interest rates.

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FHA Mortgage Rate Predictions | This Week | March 15, 2010

On March 15, 2010 By

The FHA interest rate lost ground last week for the first time in March.

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FHA Mortgage Rate Predictions for Week of March 1, 2010

On March 1, 2010 By

The FHA interest rate improved last week pushed rates to their lowest levels since early February.

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This Week’s FHA Mortgage Rate Predictions

On February 22, 2010 By

The FHA interest rate was under heavy selling pressure all week and lost ground for the second week in a row. The primary causes were inflation figures that came in higher than expected and then two pieces of news from the Federal Reserve.

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FHA Loan Rates Jump On Fed Minutes

On February 18, 2010 By

The FHA interest rate is now at its highest level of the year.

Yesterday’s release of the Federal Reserve Minutes from the January meeting sent mortgage rates higher.

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A Simple Explanation Of The Federal Reserve Statement (January 27, 2010 Edition)

On January 27, 2010 By

The Federal Open Market Committee voted to leave the Fed Funds Rate within its target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. In its press release, the FOMC noted that the U.S. economy “has continued to strengthen”, that the jobs markets is getting better, and that financial markets are supportive of growth.

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