Invest in Life- Give Blood!
June 19, 2009 by Tamara Sevigny, Customer Care Director
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The Puget Sound Blood Center is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Wednesday, June 24th from 9:00a.m. – 11:30a.m. at the DSHS Children’s Services parking lot in Kent. For a donation appointment please contact Diane Williams by e-mailing her at: widi300@dshs.wa.gov. Giving blood is an easy way to save a life and to become someone’s hero. Kiel Mortgage is proud to support this worthy cause!

Mortgage rates fall back from 7 month high
by Tamara Sevigny, Customer Care Director
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Interest rates for 30-year home loans fell back this week after soaring to the highest level in seven months a week earlier according to the Associated Press in Business Weekly. The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage was 5.38 percent this week, down from 5.59 percent a week earlier said mortgage company Freddie Mac. For the full article please log onto: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D98T6PO80.htm

Mortgage rates above 5% for 1st time in 3 months
June 4, 2009 by Tamara Sevigny, Customer Care Director
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Interest rates on a 30-year home loan surged above 5 percent for the first time in nearly three months this week as investors pushed up rates on long-term government debt, which is closely tied to mortgage rates. Mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rates on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 5.29 percent this week, from an average of 4.91 percent a week earlier. It was the highest weekly average in nearly six months. For the full article please log onto: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Mortgage-rates-above-5-pct-apf-15439335.html?sec=topStories&pos=5&asset=&ccode

In the Loop – With your Mortgage Mentor, Laura Kiel
June 3, 2009 by admin
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“When you’re in the Loop – you get the scoop on important mortgage news!”

It is more essential now, than ever before, to get approved before you go shopping for that new home. There is a big difference between a pre-approval and a pre-qualification. What you need is a true pre-approval. To be honest, a pre-qualification is not worth the paper it is printed on. (more…)