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US mortgage rates fall 1/8 pt Wednesday - BestInfo

Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:19pm EDT

NEW YORK, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage with no upfront points declined 1/8 percentage point to 6-5/8 percent on Wednesday, according to BestInfo Inc.

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The 30-year mortgage rate with one upfront point dropped 1/8 percentage point to 6-3/8 percent.

The 30-year mortgage rate with two upfront points also fell 1/8 percentage point, to 6-1/8 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, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)



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