Your only fixed equity loan news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Bankrate: Fixed Mortgage Rates Inch Higher (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) read story Fixed mortgage rates were modestly higher this week, with the average conforming 30-year fixed mortgage rate rising to 6.19 percent. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey of large lenders, the average 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.39 discount and origination points.   New Jumbos Slow To Take Off; Can Better Rates Help Them Fly? (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News) read story Real estate in high-priced areas is finally becoming a little easier to buy or refinance, thanks to the jumbo conforming loan program approved by Congress in February.   Jumbo loan rates finally decline (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) read story The interest rates for jumbo mortgage loans are coming down, but standards for qualifying are much tighter.   Home Loan Tips & Tricks (Moneymanager) read story Once you've saved up the deposit for a home, don't forget to take into account all the extra fees that come with buying a house - some or all of these: stamp duty, legal costs, disbursements, mortgage insurance, pest inspection report, survey report, builder's report, strata inspection report, loan application fee, valuation fee, registration fee, sundry fees like refinancing or switching fees.   New Jumbos Slow To Take Off; Can Better Rates Help Them Fly? (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance) read story Real estate in high-priced areas is finally becoming a little easier to buy or refinance, thanks to the jumbo conforming loan program approved by...   Intelsat Reports First Quarter 2008 Results (Centre Daily Times) read story Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, today reported results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008(i).   Fitch Affirms 5 Classes from 2 Contimortgage Home Equity Loan Trust . RMBS Deals (InfoBolsa) read story RMBS Deals 09/05/2008 15:45:00 Business Wire Fitch Ratings has taken rating action on the following two Contimortgage Home Equity Loan Trust (CMHE) mortgage pass-through certificates.   Fitch Affirms 5 Classes from 2 Contimortgage Home Equity Loan Trust RMBS Deals (Centre Daily Times) read story Fitch Ratings has taken rating action on the following two Contimortgage Home Equity Loan Trust (CMHE) mortgage pass-through certificates. Unless stated otherwise, any bonds that were previously placed on Rating Watch Negative are removed.   Intelsat Reports First Quarter 2008 Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) read story PEMBROKE, Bermuda----Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, today reported results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2008i.   Fitch Rates Idaho Housing & Finance Association s $60MM 2008A Bonds   (InfoBolsa) read story 14/05/2008 16:08:00 Business Wire Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings to Idaho Housing and Finance Association s (the association) single-family mortgage bonds, 2008 series A: -- $27 million class I variable-rate bonds AAA/F1+ ; -- $22.2 million class I fixed-rate bonds AAA ; -- $3 million class II bonds AA ; -- $7.8 million class III bonds A+ .