VIRGINIA -- The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.94% with an average 0.6 point for the week ending Oct. 9, down from last week when it averaged 6.10 percent, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Last year at this time, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.40 percent.

MADISON, Wis.--The Credit Union Executives Society hopes to give credit unions more insight to Web 2.0.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The nation's financial meltdown has apparently struck another victim, the U.S.-launched social lending venture of Zopa started a year ago with six participating credit unions as an innovative way to reach the youth market.

BOSTON -- An article in the October 10 Boston Globe cited credit union's lower ATM fees and shared branching as reasons consumers might look to credit unions for their financial needs in these troubled economic times.