Your only mortgage note news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record 3.87 pct. read story The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year. Even with the cheapest rates in history, the housing market remains depressed.   Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. as of December 31, 2011 read story Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. announces its portfolio composition as of December 31, 2011.   Genworth Financial Swings to a Profit as Mortgage-Insurance Unit Improves read story Genworth Financial Inc. (GNW) , the mortgage guarantor and life insurer, swung to a fourth-quarter profit as it faced fewer new claims for U.S. homeowners who fell behind on loan payments.   Mortgage rates: new record lows. Again. read story Mortgage rates drop to 3.87 percent for a fixed 30-year loan; 15-year fixed mortgage rates fall to 3.14 percent. That's the lowest in more than a half century of data.   Thirty-year mortgage rate hits record low read story The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year. Even with the cheapest rates in history, the housing market remains depressed.   30-year mortgage rate falls to record 3.87 percent read story The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year. Even with the cheapest rates in history, the housing market remains depressed.   Chase Tries to Fix Mortgage Screw-up by Arguing Borrower Not Good at Latin read story I guess it  has become apparent that "securitizing" some mortgages was probably not such a hot idea.  This Louisiana tax title case emphasizes that point. It could be it is just rubbing salt in the wound, but I find it kind of interesting.  Maybe it is because I took Latin in high school.  I was thinking about shortening the title but I think the full title is worth the space :   Rate on 30-year mortgage falls to record low read story The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell this week to a record low, the ninth time that has happened in the last year. Even with the cheapest rates in history, the housing market remains depressed.   Mortgage Relief Plan Aims at Refinancing read story President Obama said a new package of legislation would make it easier for millions of homeowners to refinance at today’s historically low interest rates.   Mortgage Rates Reverse Course on Positive Housing Data read story McLEAN, Va., Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Freddie Mac (OTC: FMCC.OB - News) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey ® (PMMS ® ), showing average mortgage rates climbing as the housing market ...