Mortgage Calculator: Here’s How Much You Need To Buy a $430K Home at a 6.95% Rate, the Highest of the Year Mortgage rates climbed to a near 18-month high this week as the average rate on a 30-year fixed home loan jumped 19 basis points to 6.95% for the week ending Sept. 17, moving upRead …
House or Wedding? The $36,000 Financial Choice Forcing Gen Z To Rewrite the American Dream First comes love. Then comes a $36,000 wedding, a $23,400 down payment, and childcare that can consume double-digit shares of household income. It’s just a snapshot of the punishing costs young families face today. And as milestones that once builtRead …
EXCLUSIVE: Why 2 Real Estate Agents Kept Their Real Jobs Secret on ‘The Traitors: New Blood’ When real estate agents Kriste Lewis and Logan Smith first stepped foot in Ardross Castle, they immediately got to wheeling and dealing. But as cast members of “The Traitors: New Blood,” their mission was not to close a deal—itRead …
Homebuilding Leaders Call for Reforms To Boost Construction Financing and Cut Costs The fight for more housing is coming to your backyard. Banking, home construction, and government leaders urged Congress to advance more reforms that would bolster the housing market. Speaking at a D.C. conference at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, they said the newlyRead …
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Pending Home Sales Edge Up in August Despite Higher Rates Pending home sales rose slightly in August on a monthly basis, but fell year over year as climbing mortgage rates kept many prospective buyers on the sidelines. Contract signings ticked up 0.3% from July, but plunged 4.7% compared to August 2025, according to the NationalRead …
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Florida, Texas, and California Lead the Nation in Foreclosure Starts Foreclosure activity continued an upward trajectory in August, with data showing both monthly and annual increases—although foreclosures remain well below crisis levels. Overall, 40,277 properties were involved in foreclosure filings in August—up 1% from July 2026 and 13% from August 2025—according to the August 2026Read …
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25 Years After 9/11, the World Trade Center’s Last Tower Finally Rises Larry Silverstein was 70 years old when he took title to the Twin Towers, posing for photos with a giant set of cardboard keys. He figured he had finally arrived — and he could start thinking about retirement. Seven weeks later, on Sept.Read …
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‘Selling Sunset’ Star Christine Quinn’s Ex Lists $5.5 Million L.A. Home as Bitter Divorce Battle Rages On “Selling Sunset” star Christine Quinn’s husband, Christian Dumontet, has listed the sprawling Los Angeles home the former couple once shared as their contentious divorce battle continues. Dumontet filed for divorce from the real estate agent—who is set toRead …
Realtors Believe House Prices Set To Skyrocket in California Beach Town Just when you thought the cost of living couldn’t go any higher. In a newly released ranking highlighting coastal hot spots where pros predict property values are set to keep aiming for the stratosphere, one very expensive, sun-drenched California city made the unwelcome cut.Read …
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Mortgage Rates Spike to New 15-Month High of 6.76% as Bond Market Implodes Mortgage rates climbed to a 15-month high this week, moving in tandem with surging Treasury yields driven upward by spiking inflation expectations. The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans jumped to 6.76% for the week ending Sept. 10, up 5 basisRead …
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