Article: United States: US Mortgage Rates Drop to 5.2%, Freddie Mac Says.

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Mortgage rates in the U.S. fell for a second consecutive week, easing concern that a Federal Reserve plan to lower the cost of home loans had lost momentum. The average 30-year rate dropped to 5.2 percent from 5.32 percent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac of McLean, Virginia, said today in a statement. The 15-year rate averaged 4.69 percent.

If I were trying to refinance, I wouldn t wait very long, said Dana Johnson, chief economist at Dallas-based Comerica Bank. I don t think mortgage rates are going to stay down here very long. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke is trying to lower borrowing costs with a $1.25 trillion program to ...

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