Denver Mortgage Morning television can be "light", but as far as personal finance interviews go, this Suze Orman segment from The Today Show is loaded with practical financial planning advice. Titled "What Should You Do First?", Ms. Orman addressed the real-life, money management conundrums house
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07/09/2010
Last week, the Case-Shiller Index reported home values up 0.8 percent across 20 tracked markets. The public-sector Federal Housing Finance Agency has reached a similar conclusion. Reporting on a two-month lag, the government's Home Price Index shows home values up 0.8 percent in April, buoyed by
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07/09/2010
The Pending Home Sales Index plunged in May 2010, just one month after the expiration of the federal home buyer tax credit program. This can affect Denver Mortgage Rates. The Pending Home Sales Index is now at a record-low level. A "pending home sale" is an existing home under contract to sell, b
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07/02/2010
Denver Mortgage markets improved last week in response to mostly negative data about the U.S. economy, and the Federal Reserve's acknowledgement that Eurozone financial ills could cross the Atlantic. Conforming and FHA mortgage rates fell last week, extending a rate rally that dates to early-Apri
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07/01/2010
Denver mortgage rates are always affected by this report. Standard & Poors released its Case-Shiller Index Tuesday. The index is a monthly home valuation report from select cities and among the private sector's most popular home pricing models. In reviewing the April Case-Shiller Index and its
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07/01/2010
As 2009 was ending, the "experts" were busy making forecasts about the U.S. economy and what to expect in 2010. With respect to the Colorado housing markets, two predictions were made again and again: Home prices would fall in the first half of 2010 Mortgage rates would be higher in 2010 Well, it
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07/01/2010
All day, every day, conforming and Denver FHA mortgage rates in Colorado are in flux. Rates move in response to hundreds of factors which exact varying levels of influence. Among the biggest influences on Denver mortgage rates is inflation. When inflation is unexpectedly high, mortgage rates te
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06/29/2010
Denver Mortgage Rate Update The Federal Open Market Committee commences a 2-day conference today, the 4th planned conference of this calendar year, in addition to 5th overall. The FOMC is definitely the actual monetary policy-setting element involving the federal government and also its main prog
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06/23/2010
Denver Mortgage markets improved last week on weaker-than-expected jobless figures, ongoing troubles in Europe, and a tame reading on domestic inflation. As a result, conforming mortgage rates for Colorado fell last week, drawing loads of new refinance applications. For a brief moment Thursday af
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06/21/2010
Denver Mortgage News In May 2010, Retail Sales at non-store retailers -- a category that includes Amazon and eBay -- topped $29 billion, up 16 percent from May 2009. Clearly, Americans are doing an increasing amount of shopping online. And we're paying our bills online, too. But how well are we
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06/15/2010