| Dec 6, 2011 3:26PM Mortgage Rates remain in the same range they've been in for weeks, although nearer to low side of that range today. The market phenomena driving rates microscopically lower are paradoxically the absence of market phenomena. The securities most directly responsible for mortgage rates, MBS, like it when things are calm and predictable in fixed-income markets. When a benchmark of those fixed-income markets such as 10yr Treasuries manage to trade no higher than yesterday's highs and no lower than yesterday... Dec 6, 2011 10:36AM In news that should surprise no one, the Census Bureau reports that the U.S. population 65 and older is growing faster than any other group and is now the largest in terms of size and percent of the population according to a new 2010 Census brief. According to the 2010 Census, there were 40.3 million people 65 and older on April 1, 2010, increasing by 5.3 million since the 2000 Census. In 2010, the older population represented 13% of the total population, up from 12.4% ten years earlier. Between...
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