If you missed out on the $8,000 home tax credit, don’t worry, here is another great opportunity!
According to Denver Real Estate Agents and Finance Guru’s, mortgage rates have hit a record low. According to the mortgage company, Freddie Mac, “The average rate for 30-year fixed- rate loans dropped to 4.69 percent, from 4.75 percent last week.” Rates have not been this low since 1971!
Mortgage rates have dropped because of several reasons. One being the “turmoil in the stock market and the European debt crisis” (read more) and the second Margaret Jackson of the Denver Post explains that “Mortgage rates have fallen over the past two months as nervous investors have shifted money into the safety of Treasury bonds. The demand for Treasurys has caused Treasury yields to fall. And mortgage rates tend to track the yields on long-term Treasurys” (read more).
Experts are saying now is the time to buy because when the economy starts to show “sustained improvement” you can count on rates going up!