Sunday, September 28, 2008

Home price slide 5.3% in July, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Home prices in July fell 5.3% compared with a year ago, a government agency said Tuesday, and have now receded to October 2005 levels.

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The national average rate on a 30-year, fixed rate mortgage rose to 6.26% on Monday up from 6.11% on Friday as details of the government's rescue plan remained in flux, according to financial publisher HSH Associates. The rate had fallen as low as 5.87% last Tuesday.

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