Real Estate Investors Daily » Financing http://realestateinvestordaily.com News, Information and Resources for the Real Estate Investor Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:49:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Mortgage Interest Rates Fall Again to Yet Another New Record Low http://realestateinvestordaily.com/financing/mortgage-interest-rates-fall-again-to-yet-another-new-record-low/ http://realestateinvestordaily.com/financing/mortgage-interest-rates-fall-again-to-yet-another-new-record-low/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:43:32 +0000 Dennis Norman http://realestateinvestordaily.com/?p=4147 Today Freddie Mac released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey, showing average mortgage rates have dropped to new all-time record lows! [...] Related posts:
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An extraordinary 18 percent of Realtors have experienced contract failures in the last few months according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This is double the levels of a year earlier.  One of the top reasons that cause these contract cancellations is credit issues.  In many cases, understanding how the credit system works [...] Related posts:

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