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Mortgage Rates: Good News (For Buyers With Good Credit)

Mortgage Rates: Good News (For Buyers With Good Credit)

Mortgage rates dipped this week, averaging 3.43 percent for a 30-year, fixed-rate loan, down from 3.45 percent. At this time last year, rates averaged 3.93 percent, according to Freddie Mac. Rates have held below 4 percent for 33 weeks,[...]
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Mortgage Rates: Borrowing Just Got Even Cheaper

Mortgage rates fell this week for the first time in a month, averaging 3.43 percent for a 30-year, fixed-rate loan, down from 3.48 percent. A year ago, rates averaged 3.91 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey. Rates had[...]
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Home Sales Fell 11 Percent in July, but There’s Good Reason Not to Panic

Home sales fell 10.9 percent nationally as the median sale price increased 5.3 percent in July from a year ago. New listings slid by 6 percent, the largest year-over-year decrease in 2016, a year starved of home supply. For the third month[...]
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Mortgage Rates: No Tantrums Here, Just Cheap Loans

Mortgage Rates: No Tantrums Here, Just Cheap Loans

Good economic news pushed mortgage rates up last week, with a 30-year fixed loan averaging 3.45 percent. A year ago, rates averaged 3.94 percent, according to Freddie Mac’s weekly survey. Don’t cry. Rates have held below 4 percent for[...]
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Boom or Bust? What’s Going on with Luxury Home Prices?

Luxury home prices inched up 0.8 percent in the second quarter of 2016 compared to last year, to an average of $1.66 million, according to a new analysis from Redfin. The quarterly analysis tracks luxury sales in more than 1,000 cities[...]
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