Mortgage Marvel Rate Trends Shows 30-Year Fixed Rates Steady

MEQUON, Wis., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage Marvel Rate Trends™, a daily survey of over 950 lenders, shows 30-year, fixed rates decreasing 0.03% to 4.66%. Rates have remained relatively steady over the past 7 days as rates hover near six-month lows.

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Current rates are 0.46% above the all-time low of 4.20% set October 12th, 2010 and 0.56% lower than the six-month high of 5.22% reached on February 10th, 2011.

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Fifteen-year fixed rates declined from 3.89% to 3.81%. 5/1 ARM rates decreased 0.04% to end the week at 3.66%. The rates for 30-year, fixed rate jumbo loans (typically loans over $417,000) decreased 0.03% to 5.40%, down from 5.43% last week.

For comparison sake, displayed rates feature 0 discount points unless otherwise indicated.  The assumed loan amount and loan-to-value ratio are $500,000 and 66% for jumbo loans and $187,500 and 75% for all other programs.

For more detailed information, including an interactive graph and state-level detail, go to http://www.mortgagemarvel.com/mortgageratetrends/.

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About Mortgage Marvel Rate Trends

Mortgage Marvel Rate Trends pulls rates every day directly from the live product and pricing database of 950 national, regional, and local banks and credit unions across the country.  Mortgage Marvel Rate Trends includes average rates for conforming (i.e. loans below $417,000) and jumbo loan programs across all common fixed and adjustable rate products. Mortgage Marvel Rate Trends also separately tracks rates for purchase, rate & term refinance, and cash-out refinance transactions for every product and program, and for every state and region in the U.S.

About Mortgage Marvel and Mortgagebot

Mortgage Marvel (www.MortgageMarvel.com) presents free, accurate, up-to-date mortgage quotes from multiple lenders in an easy-to-understand display. It further enables borrowers to link directly to their preferred lender—where they can complete a mortgage application and get approved with full disclosures, all in about 20 minutes or less.

Mortgage Marvel is operated by Mortgagebot LLC (www.Mortgagebot.com), the industry leading, Inc. 5000 company that provides the unique, award-winning PowerSite family of integrated point-of-sale (IPOS) solutions. Mortgagebot blends deep mortgage experience with innovative "cloud-computing" technology to create scalable and affordable Web sites for nearly 1,000 banks and credit unions nationwide.

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