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Mortgage rates just dropped for the fifth consecutive week. Here's what buyers should do now.
Mortgage interest rates are consistently declining again. Here are three things homebuyers should do in response.
Mortgage rates drop for fifth straight week
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.67%, notching a decline for a fifth straight week, according to Freddie Mac.
Refinance applications surge as mortgage interest rates tick down
Americans saw a chance to save a few dollars on their monthly mortgage payments and took it, pushing refinance applications ...
Average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 6.67%, the lowest level since early April
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell for the fifth straight week to its lowest level since early April, an ...
‘Finance makes me break out in hives’: I inherited $240K from my parents. Do I pay off my $258K mortgage and give up my job?
Dear Quentin, I recently lost both my parents and inherited $240,000. Due to life choices (divorce) and living paycheck to ...
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President Trump Signs Big Beautiful Bill — Here's What It Means For Mortgage And Housing
In a marked political win for President Donald J. Trump and his Administration, H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, ...
Mortgage refinance demand surges as interest rates drop further
“Rates typically move higher if job openings are higher than expected, all else equal,” wrote Matthew Graham, chief operating ...
Mortgage Delinquency Rates Grew Faster Than Any Other Debt Type In May
Many homeowners are having a hard time keeping up with their mortgage payments as home prices sit at record highs, forcing ...
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LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: New bipartisan law enables mortgage lenders to offer discount points
The law will take effect in 60 days and amends the Mortgage Licensing Act (MLA) to clarify that discount points may be ...