SEATTLE, March 16 /PRNewswire/ — The 30-year fixed mortgage rate on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace is currently 4.78 percent, up two basis points from 4.76 percent compared to this same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose and fell the past week with a Monday spike to 4.85 percent.
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Zillow’s real-time mortgage rates are based on thousands of custom mortgage quotes submitted daily to anonymous borrowers through the site, and reflect the most recent changes in the market. These are not marketing rates, or a weekly survey.
The rate for 15-year fixed home loans is currently 4.22 percent, while the rate for 5-1 adjustable-rate mortgages (ARM) is 3.52 percent.
The total volume of mortgage requests in the past week was down 4 percent from the prior week. Of last week’s requests, 32 percent were for refinance loans, 66 percent were for purchase loans and 2 percent were for home equity loans. This mix was unchanged from the prior week.
Below are current rates for 30-year fixed mortgages by state. Additional states’ rates are available at: www.zillow.com/Mortgage_Rates.

State Current 30-Year Fixed Rate (3/16/10) Last week’s 30-Year Fixed Rate (3/9/10) Change in Basis Points
California Mortgage Rates
4.71% 4.79% -8
Colorado Mortgage Rates
4.81% 4.85% -4
Florida Mortgage Rates
4.80% 4.88% -8
Illinois Mortgage Rates
4.82% 4.92% -10
Massachusetts Mortgage Rates
4.85% 4.87% -2
New Jersey Mortgage Rates
4.79% 4.79% 0
New York Mortgage Rates
4.80% 4.86% -6
Pennsylvania Mortgage Rates
4.86% 4.96% -10
Texas Mortgage Rates
5.02% 4.79% +23
Washington Mortgage Rates
4.81% 4.80% +1

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Effective December 18, 2009, Harris County Toll Road Authority offers a discounted toll program to Disabled Veterans and Purple Heart recipients, as well as recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

The measure was approved by Harris County Commissioners Court on Sept. 29, 2009. The Toll Road Authority developed the program pursuant to the recently enacted state law which allows tolling agencies to grant discounted tolls to specified veterans. To learn more about the program, check out the Veteran Discount Tolling Program Frequently Asked Questions at www.hctra.org.

The Spring Lakes HOA will hold the annual neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt on April 3rd at 10 a.m. Don’t forget the egg basket and your camera. The Easter Bunny will be hopping by! If your children will be participating, please provide 12 candy filled eggs per child by March 31st to 506 Spring Lakes Haven. If you are currently a Spring Lakes resident I look forward to seeing you there! If you’d like to become a Spring Lakes resident, you can visit BuySpringLakes.com .

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This Saturday, March 13th, I will be holding open 20223 Cypresswood Glen in the Cypresswood Lake Subdivision in Spring, TX from 12 – 2pm. The gate code to the subdivision is 1057. You can get directions, see photos of the home, watch a video, and get more information by visiting http://buyandsellwithshannon.com/blog/134900-20223-cypresswood-glen-spring-tx-77373/ . I hope you’ll stop in on Saturday!

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This Sunday my Buyer’s Agent, Linda Parrish, will be holding open 20223 Cypresswood Glen in Spring from 2-4pm. This lovely, well maintained one story home in the Cypresswood Lake Subdivision has been reduced to $129,900.00. That’s an amazing value! The sellers are motivated and awaiting your offer! Come see this one on Sunday, because it will not last long! The subdivision gate code is 1057. See you there!!

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