But Short-Term Rates Pick Up on Hints of the End to Rate Cuts.

Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac vice president and chief economist. "ARM rates, however, rose slightly on market forecasts that the Federal Reserve (Fed) may not pursue any more rate cuts over the near term. For instance, the federal funds futures market suggests virtually no change in monetary policy over the nexThanks for Reading Howard Bell www.yourpropertypath.com A web site of over 450 articles related to real estate focused primarily on property management. Your Property PathSF http://yourpropertypath.blogspot.com/ Trade talk for the San Francisco real estate industry. Your source for property management tips, policies and market trends. Your Property Path New Brief http://wwwyourpropertypath.blogspot.com/ Snap News updates real estate markets and all things of interest to property owners and real estate professionals. You can add this page to your favorite Social Bookmark site: t few months and the Fed viewed the last rate cut to be a "close call," according to the minutes of its most recent policy Committee meeting. "Housing woes still plague the economy. Although housing starts unexpectedly rose in April, all of the gains were in multifamily properties. New construction on one-unit homes fell to 692,000 homes (annualized), which was the least since January 1991 and almost 62 percent below the peak set in November 2005. In addition, homebuilder confidence matched an all-time record low in May."

30-year Fixed Rate Mortgage: Averaged 5.98 percent with an average 0.5 point for the week ending May 22, 2008. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 6.37 percent.

15-year Fixed Rate Mortgage: Averaged 5.55 percent with an average 0.6 point.A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 6.06 percent.

Five-year ARMs: Averaged 5.61 percent this week.A year ago, the 5-year ARM averaged 6.02 percent.

One-year ARMs: Averaged 5.24 percent this week. At this time last year, the 1-year ARM averaged 5.64 percent.

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