Thursday, February 18, 2010

“Research and Markets: Personal Loans - Mitigating Early Repayment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)” plus 1 more

“Research and Markets: Personal Loans - Mitigating Early Repayment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)” plus 1 more


Research and Markets: Personal Loans - Mitigating Early Repayment (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:51 AM PST

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2e836b/personal_loans_m) has announced the addition of the "Personal Loans - Mitigating Early Repayment" report to their offering.

70% of past borrowers surveyed by RFI in this survey had paid out their personal loans early. Not only did the majority of borrowers repay their loans early, but this was generally done well within the original term of the loan.

This report attempts to compile data and information on the extent and characteristics of early repayment, to discover the underlying factors motivating early repayment and to uncover options available to financial institutions in reaction to early repayment of personal loans.

Country covered: Australia

Key Topics Covered:

  • An analysis of early repayment in personal lending
  • What proportion repay early?
  • What facilitates early repayment?
  • Underlying trends
  • Loan type and early repayment
  • Loan term and early repayment
  • Variations across institutions
  • Repayment period with loan term controlled
  • Correlation with loan factors
  • Current borrower trends
  • How important is early repayment?
  • Conclusion

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2e836b/personal_loans_m

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Rates on 30-year home loans fall to 4.93 pct (Washington Post)

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:24 AM PST

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The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 4.93 percent this week, down from 4.97 percent a week earlier, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said.

Rates dropped to a record low of 4.71 percent in early December, pushed down by an aggressive government campaign to reduce consumers' borrowing costs.

Freddie Mac collects mortgage rates on Monday through Wednesday of each week from lenders around the country. Rates often fluctuate significantly, even within a given day, often in line with long-term Treasury bonds.

Mortgage rates have been at or near record lows due to a $1.25 trillion Federal Reserve program to buy up mortgage securities. That program is scheduled to run out at the end of March, but the Fed has held the door open to extending it if the economy weakens.

Some analysts fear that once the program ends, mortgage rates could spike due to a lack of willing buyers of mortgage investments, hurting the recovery in housing and the overall economy.

But Edward DeMarco, director of the federal agency that regulates Freddie Mac and sibling company Fannie Mae, was optimistic about that the Fed will be able to end its program without a major disruption.

"I do believe that private investors - whether domestic or international - will be stepping in," DeMarco said Thursdat at a forum in Washington. He cited this week's decline in mortgage rates as a positive sign.

This week, the average rate on a 15-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to 4.33 percent, down from 4.34 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac.

Rates on five-year, adjustable-rate mortgages averaged 4.12 percent, down from 4.19 percent a week earlier. Rates on one-year, adjustable-rate mortgages fell 4.23 percent from 4.33 percent.

The rates do not include add-on fees known as points. One point is equal to 1 percent of the total loan amount.

The nationwide fee for loans in Freddie Mac's survey averaged 0.7 point for 30-year loans, 0.6 point for 15-year and one-year loans and 0.5 point for five-year loans.

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