CALABASAS, CA--(Marketwire - January 8, 2010) - After months of remaining low, mortgage rates
began to rise slowly during the closing weeks of 2009. However, according
to the Informa Research Services, a subsidiary of Informa plc (LSE: INF),
this week, rates held steady for the second week in a row with the national
average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage at 5.33%
(http://www.freerateupdate.com/local-mortgage-rate-search).