<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Front Gate Properties, LLC Real Estate &#187; freddie mac</title> <atom:link href="http://www.frontgateaiken.com/tag/freddie-mac/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com</link> <description>We are the &#34;key&#34; to your Front Gate in Aiken, South Carolina</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:09:23 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0</generator> <item><title>Housing Still Affordable</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-still-affordable/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/housing-still-affordable/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:14:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conventional]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fixed-rate mortgage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4822</guid> <description><![CDATA[According to Freddie Mac, the national average commitment rate for a 30-year, conventional, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 4.89 percent in May from 5.10 percent in April; the rate was 4.86 percent in May 2009. The national median existing-home price for all housing types was $179,600 in May, up 2.7 percent from May 2009. 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Golder says that even with some recent easing of mortgage credit, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/favorable-rates-help/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>30-Year Rate Just Over 5 Percent</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/30-year-rate-just-over-5-percent/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/30-year-rate-just-over-5-percent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:38:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[30-year fixed mortgage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4464</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 30-year fixed mortgage rate stayed flat this week, averaging 5.07 percent to remain near historically low levels, reported Freddie Mac. Here’s how other rates performed: • 15-year fixed loans fell to 4.39 percent from 4.4 percent last week. • Five-year hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage averaged 4.03 percent, down from 4.08 percent. • One-year ARMs rose [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/30-year-rate-just-over-5-percent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>30-Year Rate Back Above 5 Percent</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/30-year-rate-back-above-5-percent/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/30-year-rate-back-above-5-percent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:11:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[30-Year Rate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fixed-rate mortgages]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4310</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mortgage rates rose to 5.08 percent from 4.99 percent a week ago, pushing the average interest rate offered on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages to its highest level since the first week of 2010, according to Freddie Mac. The increase in mortgage rates occurred as long-term interest rates rose higher due to concerns about inflation as the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/30-year-rate-back-above-5-percent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Freddie Mac Posts More Losses</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/freddie-mac-posts-more-losses/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/freddie-mac-posts-more-losses/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:26:40 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=4100</guid> <description><![CDATA[Freddie Mac recorded a loss of $7.8 billion in the last three months of 2009, narrowed from a year-earlier loss of $23.9 billion; and it lost $25.7 billion for all of last year, down from a $50.1 billion loss in 2008. Still, the mortgage financier &#8212; which received $51 billion in aid from the federal [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/freddie-mac-posts-more-losses/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fannie, Freddie Go After Bad Loans</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fannie-freddie-go-after-bad-loans/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fannie-freddie-go-after-bad-loans/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:58:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Victoria Foulkes</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=3909</guid> <description><![CDATA[Accountants at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are auditing mortgage files to uncover loans with improper documentation about a borrower’s income, and then forcing banks and savings and loans to buy the loans back. Freddie required lenders to buy back $2.7 billion of loans in the first nine months of 2009. Fannie Mae won’t disclose [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fannie-freddie-go-after-bad-loans/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Mortgage Rates Creep Back Up</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/mortgage-rates-creep-back-up/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/mortgage-rates-creep-back-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:38:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mortgage Bankers Association]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mortgages rates]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=3500</guid> <description><![CDATA[After last week&#8217;s decrease to a record 4.71 percent, interest on 30-year fixed mortgages rose to 4.81 percent this week, Freddie Mac reported. While the Federal Reserve&#8217;s effort to purchase $1.25 trillion in mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae has helped keep rates attractive, Freddie Mac chief economist Frank Nothaft [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/mortgage-rates-creep-back-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Long-Term Mortgages Near Record Low</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/long-term-mortgages-near-record-low/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/long-term-mortgages-near-record-low/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:49:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fixed-rate mortgages]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Long-Term Mortgages]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=3034</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thirty-year, fixed-rate mortgages moved closer to the all-time low of 4.82 percent reached in May, falling to 4.87 percent this week from 4.94 percent a week ago, according to Freddie Mac.  Home owners who refinance have an opportunity to reduce their payment on a 30-year, fixed-rate loan for $200,000 by nearly $134 a month from [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/long-term-mortgages-near-record-low/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>FHFA Gets More Funding</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fhfa-gets-more-funding/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fhfa-gets-more-funding/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:10:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Federal Housing Finance Authority]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=2973</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Finance Authority (FHFA) will have a $139.3 million budget for fiscal year 2010, up 15 percent from a year ago. This increase will help the watchdog in supervising Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The FHFA says the two mortgage financiers have refinanced 3.2 million loans this year, and its data indicates that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/fhfa-gets-more-funding/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>TIME RUNNING OUT&#8230;</title><link>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/time-running-out/</link> <comments>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/time-running-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Front Gate Properties</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Real Estate News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[closing costs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freddie mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[HomeSteps SmartBuy]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.frontgateaiken.com/?p=2992</guid> <description><![CDATA[TIME RUNNING OUT ON FREDDIE MAC OFFER TO PAY UP TO 3.5 PERCENT OF CLOSING COSTS ON ELIGIBLE HOMESTEPS® HOMES. McLean, VA – Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today reminded homebuyers they have less than a month left to take advantage of Freddie Mac&#8217;s offer to pay up to 3.5 percent of the buyer&#8217;s closing costs when [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.frontgateaiken.com/news/time-running-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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