Your only fixed rate equity loan news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Mortgage rates hit new record low read story What's happening with mortgage rates? We've asked Jeff Lazerson, of Mortgage Grader in Laguna Niguel, to give us his weekly take NEWS SUMMARY: From...   Real Money: Goldman Sachs Hits the Street with $1.15 Bil. CMBS Deal read story Goldman Sachs is the putting out the first new CMBS offering of 2012. GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2012-GC6 is a pool of 80 fixed-rate loans totaling $1.15 billion and backed by 127 properties. The loans were originated by Goldman Sachs Mortgage Company (45.8%), Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. (45.1%), and Archetype Mortgage Funding ILLC (9.1%). According to Moody's Investors Service, the ...   Fitch Rates DDR's $250MM Unsecured Term Loan 'BB+'; Outlook Stable read story Fitch Ratings assigns a 'BB+' credit rating to the $250 million unsecured term loan closed by DDR Corp. . The term loan consists of a $200 million tranche that initially bears interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 210 basis points and matures on Jan.   85 Percent of Refinancing Homeowners Maintain or Reduce Mortgage Debt in Fourth Quarter: 26-Year High read story MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC.OB - News) released the results of its fourth quarter refinance analysis showing homeowners who refinance continue to strengthen their fiscal house. ...   Kiwibank follows mortgage rate cuts read story Kiwibank has challenged ASB Bank's new home loan rates by dropping several of its own fixed term rates to match them.   What Low Interest Rates Mean for Your Money read story By Jeff Brown NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- My, how things have changed. In the old Alan Greenspan days, the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates were a mystery enveloped in a fog. Now, under Ben Bernanke, the Fed has become so open that it has already announced plans to keep rates low through late 2014. And while transparency is generally a good thing, the fallout from the Fed's new ...   3 Important Loan Programs for Small Business Owners read story Everyone in the market today knows small businesses are in dire need of capital and loans to finance their historic activity and their growth. It is clear that the biggest drag on the U.S. economy and the small business segment has been the US and global de-levering process. Federal, state, and local governmental bodies are ...   Refinance or Pay Off Mortgage on Rental? read story At today's rates, refinancing a rental has its advantages. Weigh these reasons before doing it.   LendingTree Monthly Mortgage Review: High Affordability and Record-Low Rates, but True Recovery Still Pending read story CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite historic lows, LendingTree says that lending institutions continue to hamper housing market growth by restricting access to credit.(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110518/MM04455LOGO ...   Metropolitan Capital Advisors Closes $6,020,000 Loan For Harbin Pointe Apartments In Bentonville, Arkansas read story Dallas-Based real estate finance intermediary Metropolitan Capital Advisors closes another deal.Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Dallas, Texas-based Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA), a financial intermediary specializing in the exclusive representation of investors, developers and property owners in the commercial real estate capital markets, has arranged a FNMA fixed rate mortgage for ...