http://leonsblog.leonwilliams.me Common Talk & Common Sense On Wealth Strategies, Money Matters & Life Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:16:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= 2006-2007 leon@lucafinancial.com (Leon On Dollars, Sense, & Other Stuff) leon@lucafinancial.com (Leon On Dollars, Sense, & Other Stuff) http://leonsblog.leonwilliams.me/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://leonsblog.leonwilliams.me 144 144 Common Talk & Common Sense On Wealth Strategies, Money Matters & Life Leon On Dollars, Sense, & Other Stuff Leon On Dollars, Sense, & Other Stuff leon@lucafinancial.com no no http://leonsblog.leonwilliams.me/u-s-government-responsible-for-massive-mortgage-rate-increase/ http://leonsblog.leonwilliams.me/u-s-government-responsible-for-massive-mortgage-rate-increase/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:16:16 +0000 Leon Williams http://leonsblog.leonwilliams.me/?p=1075 Share|War On Wealth Series - The congressionally mandated g-fee increases set to go into effect as of now, will artificially increase mortgage rates by more than 1/2 percent with some lenders. It will increase mortgage rates to some degree with all lenders. The Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) has mandated an increase in the Fannie [...]

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