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US mortgage rates rose 1/8 point Friday - BestInfo

Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:47pm EDT

NEW YORK, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage with no upfront points rose by 1/8 percentage point to 6 percent on Friday, according to BestInfo Inc.

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The 30-year mortgage rate with one upfront point increased by 1/8 point to 5-3/4 percent.

The 30-year mortgage rate with two upfront points also climbed 1/8 point, to 5-1/2 percent.

The Mortgage Point Monitor is provided exclusively to Reuters by BestInfo, Inc., a Dover, Vermont-based provider of mortgage market analysis. (Reporting by Lynn Adler)

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