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Saturday, July 4, 2009

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The Obama plan now allows refis for more than 105 percent of a home's value, helping areas hit hardest by the housing bust.

Mortgage rates drop, more eligible for refis -- The 30-year fixed rate fell to 5.7 percent in a busy week in the world of mortgages.
Read more: Refi for more than 105 percent? Add Alert
Cash-out home loan refi sensible -- The math suggests a
cash-out home loan refi may make sense for one homeowner.
Plus: Classic home equity loan rate dilemma Add Alert
Obama reform: "Plain vanilla" mortgages -- Rules would push lenders into competing on rate, price rather than loan types.
Plus: Weekly look at the status of interest rates Forward

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STAYING HAPPY WITH YOUR HOME

10 ways to keep your home and love it -- Economy forcing you to stay put? Here are some tips on how to realize that less can be more and to realize, "There's no place like home."
Plus: Small homes are new big thing Add Alert Forward
Interactive map: State/national mortgages -- Check out this clickable map to see how state mortgage rates compare with national overnight average rates.
Find out: Average rates offered in your neighborhood Add Alert

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