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UPCOMING MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION EVENTS

AUGUST 6TH: MBA'S Day at the Races: Saratoga Track Event

SEPT 17TH: Lunch Meeting with guest speaker Hugh Johnson


		Stocks slide on jobs data Posted by: brian.garis on Thursday, July 02, 2009 - 10:55 AM
		7 Reads Investors digest government's latest reading on the battered U.S. labor market. By CNNMoney.com staff July 2, 2009: 9:39 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks opened lower Thursday, the end of a holiday-shortened week, after a dismalmonthly jobs report quashed hopes for a near-term recovery. Read more... (1136 bytes more) comments?


		Local home sales plummet 30% in May Posted by: brian.garis on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 12:35 PM
		27 Reads Home sales in the Albany, N.Y., region plummeted 30 percent in May despite indications more potential buyers are being drawn into the real estate market by low interest rates and a federal tax incentive for first-time buyers. A total of 554 new and existing single-family homes and condominiums sold in the month, compared to 790 a year ago, based on preliminary figures released today by the Greater Capital Association of Realtors. Read more... (2456 bytes more) comments?


		MBA Reacts to Obama Administration's Regulatory Reform Proposal Posted by: brian.garis on Thursday, June 18, 2009 - 10:31 AM
		38 Reads WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 17, 2009) – The Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following reaction to the regulatory reform proposal unveiled today by President Obama and his economic team. Said John A. Courson, MBA’s President and CEO: “We welcome the coming debate over the future regulation of the financial services industry. As the past several years have shown, oversight of financial firms can and should be improved in order to better protect consumers and make sure the troubles in the financial sector are not repeated. Read more... (1843 bytes more) comments?


		Update: FHA backs away from no down payment loans Posted by: brian.garis on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 - 04:16 PM
		69 Reads Posted by Two Cents Editors June 2, 2009 1:51 pm After announcing a plan that would have allowed first time homebuyers to use a special tax credit to cover the 3.5% required down payment on an FHA-insured loan, the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development apparently had second thoughts. Read more... (1854 bytes more) comments?


		Mortgage rates jump: lock in now, or wait? Posted by: brian.garis on Friday, May 29, 2009 - 11:14 AM
		69 Reads Posted by Two Cents Editors May 29, 2009 9:50 am Floaters got sunk this week. Anyone who is in the market for a new mortgage, be it a straight-up purchase or refinance, and was letting their rate float in hopes of locking in at a lower rate instead got smacked with a near quarter point rise in the 30-year fixed rate. According to Bankrate’s latest weekly survey (conducted Wednesday morning) the 30-year fixed average was at 5.45%, up from 5.23% That’s the highest level since February, and more than a half point above the 4.9% borrowers in early April could snag. Read more... (3396 bytes more) comments?

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