FHA Mortgage Rates Approaching All-Time Lows

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December saw a rare home sales increase. But how will current mortgage rates affect future home sales?

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On Friday, it was announced that 4th quarter gross domestic product was the best in a year and a half, business inventories are up, and the Fed announced it will keep rates low for nearly three years. Read why this is significant for you and how you can benefit NOW!

Though disagreement continues to plague the Federal Open Market Committee, a recent move has economists singing a more positive tune.

Existing home sales got a bump in December, along with a small gain in median prices.

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That’s pretty good news to start the beginning of 2012 in the right direction. The ISM Manufacturing Index hit 53.9% and November construction spending is up 1.2% - which beat expectations month over month. So, what about exports and jobs? We’ll have to see if this trend continues as well as see if unemployment rebounds or experiences further drops.

Surprisingly, 2011 wraps up with housing starts exceeding expectation.

Foreclosure-prevention actions by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increased in the third quarter of 2011, according to a report by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Since entering conservatorship in 2008, the GSEs have taken nearly 2 million foreclosure-prevention actions and completed 1 million loan modifications. According to the FHFA report, the increase in completed foreclosure prevention activity in the third quarter was driven primarily by loan modifications and repayment plans. Two-thirds of all borrowers who received loan modifications in the third quarter had their monthly payments reduced by more than 20 percent. Additionally, the GSEs' cumulative refinancings through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) increased 11 percent during the third quarter to nearly 928,600 loans.

The Obama administration has released broad guidelines of the revised HARP program.

Mortgages will be more accessible and affordable thanks to a pro-homebuyer bill passed by Congress last week.