Mortgage Rates 4.65%

The good news is that they’re still lending money!  Mortgage rates are still amazingly low.  Lock in today!

Mixed news today has the market confused and most likely sitting tight until the results of this afternoon’s Beige Book AND the 10 Year Treasury auction.  Bond pricing is absolutely flat at the moment; the Dow is up 106.  As you can see from the pricing graph below, we have had an incredible run up in price over the last seven weeks, resulting in lower interest rates across the board.  30 Year FHA fixed is at 4.625% right now.

Jeremy Plouzek, CML, ALM

Security Home Mortgage

576 South State, Orem Utah 84058

Office: (801)764-0111

Subprime USA

Wall Street JournalToday’s Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article.  Fascinating, or horrifying.

The article compares the state of the United States to Countrywide Mortgage.  Remember all of those subprime loans?  Well, look at what the USA is doing now, and those crazy days of Subprime Lending look pretty tame.

The FHA is approaching a 50:1 leverage ratio, completely out of control and unheard of.  The night before Bear Stearn went out of business a year ago, they were at a 33:1 leverage ratio.

It’s probably time to tighten up the purse strings. Click here for full article.