30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Again
The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for thirty-year mortgages fell during the past week. Last week's rate was 5.06 percent, down from 5.10 percent the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by leading real estate Web site Zillow.com(R). Meanwhile, rates for 15-year fixed mortgages decreased to 4.68 percent, down from 4.73 percent and 5-1 adjustable rate mortgages decreased substantially, down to 4.47 percent from 4.65 percent the week prior.

Prudential Financial Enhances Life Insurance Application Process with Skywire Software Two-Way Messaging
Agencies can communicate in real-time with QuickView and IDX Hub

Zillow.com(R) Launches the Zillow iPhone App
Real estate Web site Zillow.com today announced the launch of the Zillow(R) iPhone App, bringing Zillow's rich data on 88 million U.S. homes to the streets, and into users' hands. Using GPS technology, the Zillow iPhone App pinpoints a user's location on a dynamic map and shows Zestimate(R) values and information on all surrounding homes, moving and updating with the user as he walks or drives through a neighborhood.

Foreclosure Activity Increases 9 Percent in First Quarter According to RealtyTrac(R) U.S. Foreclosure Market Report
RealtyTrac(R) (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties, today released its U.S. Foreclosure Market Report(TM) for Q1 2009, which shows that foreclosure filings -- default notices, auction sale notices and bank repossessions -- were reported on 803,489 properties in the first quarter, a 9 percent increase from the previous quarter and an increase of nearly 24 percent from Q1 2008. One in every 159 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing during the quarter.

Mortgage Rates Surge Late Last Week; 30-Year Fixed Rates Peak Near 5.40% But Fall Over Weekend
The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for 30-year fixed mortgages increased last week to 5.25 percent, up from 5.02 percent the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by leading real estate Web site Zillow.com(R). Meanwhile, rates for 15-year fixed mortgages rose to 4.78 percent from 4.60 percent, and 5-1 adjustable rate mortgages rose to 4.48 percent from 4.27 percent the week prior.