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May 2010

There are 2 blog entries for May 2010.

Quebec Fires Fill Our Air

Monday, May 31st, 2010 at 9:01pm. 172 Views, 0 Comments.

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I find it pretty frightening that the haze I see outside my window is really a cloud of smoke coming down from Quebec Canada, 397 miles away.  Walking outdoors today there was a distinct smell of smoke in the air. Yesterday the smoke covered Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. The northeast winds sent the smoke as far as the Cape and the Islands today, causing visibility to be reduced to about three miles in places.

An air quality alert had been issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection for northern Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, and eastern Norfolk counties. The smoke was being generated from more than 52 forest fires in northern Quebec. Nine of the forest fires remain out of control.  

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Mortgage rates at at 60-year low

Thursday, May 20th, 2010 at 2:59pm. 231 Views, 0 Comments.

The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 11 basis points this week to 4.96 percent, according to bankrate.com national survey of large lenders. One year ago, the same loan was 5.24 percent, and four weeks ago it was 5.22 percent. 

The benchmark 15-year fixed rate mortgage rate also fell 11 basis points, to 4.34 percent. The 5/1 adjustable rate mortgage fell to 4.14%.                                                                                             

The National Bureau of Economic Research identified rates this low in October 1956.

Due to the financial instability in Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Spain, the European Central Bank along with the International Monetary Fund unveiled a $955 Billion loan package.  Like the Tarp plan, the European…read more


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