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Mortgage rates at record low 4.37% latest Zillow survey bi2360050 (Reuters) - Interest rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages dropped the latest week, reaching a record low as investors piled safe-haven U.S. government debt, real estate website Zillow.com said Tuesday

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Time to Refinance, or Hang Tight? bi2360050 Should you take advantage of the recent low mortgage rates and refinance? It depends on your situation

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Moody's cuts $7.4 bln of Merrill Lynch's RMBS bi2360050 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Moody's Investors Service on Monday has downgraded $7.4 billion worth of residential mortgage-backed security transactions issued by Bank of America Corp.'s Merrill Lynch . The collateral backing these deals mostly consists of first-lien, fixed and adjustable-rate subprime residential mortgages. "The actions are a result of the continued performance deterioration ..

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