Mortgage rates up for 7th straight week (Easy Bay Business Times)
Mortgage rates continue to rise, with the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reaching 6.15 percent this week, the seventh straight weekly increase.
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Private mortgage insurance regains popularity (Tribune Chronicle) NEW YORK ? Private mortgage insurance is making a comeback. Until six or eight months ago, private mortgage insurance was out of favor as people eager to get into the
Deciding When to Switch To a Fixed-Rate Mortgage Thousands of homeowners who took out high-risk adjustable-rate home loans this year face interest-rate resets, which could make it hard to meet monthly payments. Here are tips to help you
U.S. mortgage applications surge (Detroit News) U.S. mortgage applications rose last week by the most in almost a year, as low interest rates contributed to a record number of requests for loans to buy houses. Applications
Housing Bust? Nope, It's Just The Market's Rebalancing Act With all the dismal reports about the home real estate market, don't lose track of something critically important: Mortgage interest rates have been falling quietly but steadily for weeks, and
Program Helps Low-Wage Earners Save They work, but they are unable to save or to buy a home or afford college educations.Commentread more...
District shares school plans By Jeni Lewis Marshfield News-Herald While learning about the two new elementary school buildings being constructed with Marshfield School District referendum money, the public had a few questions for designers