Freddie Mac reports that the average interest on 30-year fixed mortgages slipped to an all-time low, for the third consecutive week, to 4.19 percent. At the same time, 15-year fixed-rate loans and the five-year adjustable-mortgage rate both also hit record lows. Rates on the former were 3.62 percent, while the latter averaged just 3.47 percent. [...]

It wasn’t pretty and the debate went well in to theevening, but on June 30 the Senate passed a stand alone bill that extended the date for closing on a tax credit-eligible home from june 30 to september 30,2010. It wasn’t pretty and the debate went well in to theevening, but on June 30 the [...]