| Jan 19, 2012 3:41PM Mortgage Rates worsened at a reasonably brisk pace today when compared with recent relative stability. Still, the movement remains confined to costs associated with as yet, unchanged Best-Execution Rates. That means that 3.875% is still the average "best-case-scenario and best bang-for-the-buck" rate among most lenders rounded to the nearest eighth. 3.75% had been increasingly attractive last week, but has all but faded from view after lenders released rates weaker this morning. Several lenders recalled... Jan 19, 2012 11:21AM Adjustable rate mortgages have lost much of the popularity they enjoyed in the mid-2000s and Freddie Mac's 28 th Annual Adjustable-Rate Mortgage Survey for 2012 found that hybrid ARMs, especially the 5/1 hybrid are the most popular ARMs offered by lenders. With ARM initial period rates at historically low levels, reflecting, in part, the low levels of the Treasury yields that are used as indexes, the survey, conducted between January 3 and January 5, found there was, in fact, little difference in...
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