Mortgage Industry News for the Week Ending Feb. 29, 2008 http://www.mortgagedaily.com/Podcasts/MortgageDailyPodcast022908.mp3

A New Jersey defense attorney has been named the central figure in a 14-count indictment with three others who are accused of racketeering, murder and $1.1 million in mortgage fraud. http://www.fraudblogger.com/PRNJATTYARRESTED052909.asp

Mortgage rates have held fairly steady since the middle of last week. http://www.bankrate.com/brm/story_content.asp?story_uid=28669&prodtype=mtg

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The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 2 basis points from the prior week in Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Freddie said the average one-year adjustable-rate mortgage improved 5 BPS from a week earlier. New loan activity was down 3% from last week, with the latest Mortech-MortgageDaily.com Mortgage Market Index declining to 34.00 inquiries-per-user from 35.21 a week earlier. http://www.mortgagedaily.com/RefiRates031110.asp?spcode=rss