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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Wow, Look at Those Mortgage Rates!

The federal government continues to reach into its bag of tricks to stimulate the economy.
Yesterday, the government announced it would buy up $1 trillion of Treasury Bonds and Securities.
This in effect creates $1 trillion of new money in the economy which already lowered the rate of return on long-term government bonds and will also cause a decrease in the interest rates of mortgages.

As I write this, fixed conventional 30 year mortgages are already around 4 5/8%. We should see rates drop as a result of this move with rates already very good, how much lower can they go? We'll see.

With low home prices, incredible interest rates and an $8,000 federal tax credit for home purchases, this is a perfect time to invest in a home.
There will be many people next year that realize they should have taken action and bought a home -- they lost an opportunity of a lifetime.

Will you be one of them?

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