Your only mortgage note news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Retire loan or keep investments? read story Q. I own my home and have no mortgage or note. I have no debts except a student loan of about $11,000, and I can pay that off right now. I've always wanted to be debt-free, and I could write a check tomorrow and do that.   Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates rise; average 30-year loan at 3.51% read story Mortgage rates rose this week, with a widely watched survey reporting that lenders were offering 30-year fixed-rate loans at an average of 3.51%, up from a near-record low of 3.35% two weeks ago.           Capstead Mortgage Corporation Completes Public Offering of 7.50% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock read story Capstead Mortgage Corporation today announced the completion of its public offering for 6,800,000 shares of 7.50% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25.00 per share , including an additional 800,000 shares of Series E Preferred Stock pursuant to the underwriters’ partial exercise of their 900,000 share overallotment option.   Make Royal prank DJs pay mortgage: suicide note read story THE British nurse who died last year after being the victim of a prank by two Australian DJs left a note to her employers saying their action had led to her death.   2 Big Banks Face Suits In Mortgage Pact Abuses read story Eric T. Schneiderman, New York’s top prosecutor, is poised to sue the two banks over claims they violated terms of a $26 billion national mortgage settlement.   Three Fed Presidents Call to Phase Out Mortgage Bond Buys read story Three Federal Reserve regional bank presidents called for phasing out the Fed’s monthly purchases of $40 billion in mortgage-backed securities as the housing recovery shows signs of gaining momentum.   Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial Results read story Apollo Residential Mortgage, Inc. today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2013.   Mortgage Rates Up Slightly According to ForTheBestRate.com read story ForTheBestRate.com announces that mortgage rates moved higher this week, inching above historic lows. (PRWeb May 13, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/mortgage-rates/inch-higher/prweb10723787.htm   Stearns Lending Achieves Record Production and Outperforms Competition in First Four Months of 2013 read story Stearns Lending, Inc., a leading national mortgage lender with Retail, Wholesale and Correspondent business channels, announced today that loan production for April 2013 reached $1   Capstead Mortgage Corporation Announces Redemption of $1.26 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B read story Capstead Mortgage Corporation today announced the redemption of all 16,493,110 outstanding shares of its $1.26 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series B .