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Athens hopes to begin talks with European and International Monetary Fund officials on Wednesday on a policy programme that investors are increasingly convinced will lead the debt-ridden country to tap what would be the biggest bailout ever attempted.

Soros said the spike in Greek bond spreads – the premium investors pay to buy Greek debt instead of equivalent German bonds which hit a euro lifetime high on Monday – was caused in part by market speculation.

Rates for 30-year home loans surged last week, rising to the highest level in eight months due to the improving economy and the end of a government push to keep rates low.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 5.21 percent this week, up from 5.08 percent a week earlier, Freddie Mac said Thursday. That’s the highest since mid-August, when the average rate was 5.29 percent.

Rates had dropped to a record low of 4.71 percent in December, pushed down by a campaign by the Federal Reserve to reduce borrowing costs for consumers. The program ended last week, but the Fed left the door open to reviving the program if the economy weakens.

The rate at which households and businesses defaulted on loans has been lower than expected in the first three months of this year, according to the Bank of England.

The Bank’s credit conditions survey for the first quarter of 2010 found that lenders reported that defaults on unsecured lending to households had fallen markedly over the past three months and by more than had been expected. Moreover, lenders expect that trend to continue over the coming three months.

But losses given default – the amount of loss a bank sustains each time a person defaults – had risen over the past three months and that trend, too, is expected to continue.

Rates for 30-year home loans rose above the 5% threshold for the first time in three weeks, but remained near historically low levels.
The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 5.05% this week, up from 4.93% a week earlier, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Thursday.

Rates had dropped to a record low of 4.71% in December, pushed down by an aggressive government campaign to reduce consumers’ borrowing costs.

Freddie Mac collects mortgage rates on Monday through Wednesday of each week from lenders around the country. Rates often fluctuate significantly, even within a given day, often in line with long-term Treasury bonds.

Rates for 30-year home loans edged lower for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, but remained above last year’s record lows.

The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 4.93 percent this week, down from 4.97 percent a week earlier, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said.

Rates dropped to a record low of 4.71 percent in early December, pushed down by an aggressive government campaign to reduce consumers’ borrowing costs.

Freddie Mac collects mortgage rates on Monday through Wednesday of each week from lenders around the country. Rates often fluctuate significantly, even within a given day, often in line with long-term Treasury bonds.

Bangalore-based public sector bank, Canara Bank, has announced reduction in its lending rates for housing loans by 75 basis points disbursed after November 10, 2008. The reduction in the rates is applicable to housing loans linked to the BPLR.

According to a bank release, the bank will now charge 9.50 per cent interest on loans upto Rs 30 lakh for a repayment period of 5 years, 9.75 per cent for loans of 10 years and 10 per cent for loans upto 25 years.

Sofia. Consumer debt interest rates reached record-breaking highs after a series of increases over the last couple of months.
The annual expense rate of some consumer financing offers in BGN goes beyond 20% a year, moitepari.bg reports.

According to the online edition no income statement loans are the priciest at the moment accruing between 17.45% and 21%. Well, add to this different fees and commissions accompanying borrowing and servicing procedures and you end up with annual cost between 21.5% and 26.7%. Some banks have eve taken such loans out of their portfolios on grounds they were too risky to handle.