Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates fell again yesterday, though only moderately. And those rates are roughly back to where they were last Thursday and at the end […] Continue reading

Real estate and lending expert Michael Bourque explains why older housing is better and cheaper than new-builds for first-time home buyers. Continue reading

Normally, homeowners refinance to get a lower rate. But there may be one good reason to refinance even if your rate goes up. Continue reading

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates rose again yesterday, but only moderately. The dramatic movements we’ve seen recently have tended to cancel each other out, leaving a gentle […] Continue reading

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates were down yesterday — and over the entire week. But that was more likely to be a result of general volatility than […] Continue reading

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates rose again on Friday. And that for a conventional, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage is again perilously close to the 6% mark. So far […] Continue reading

Rising mortgage rates have put the squeeze on home buyers. Here are nine tips to afford more house at today’s rates without saving more cash. Continue reading

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates rose again yesterday. Of course, they remain way lower than their mid-June highs. But they’re higher than they’ve been in a week, […] Continue reading

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates rose appreciably yesterday. This week’s sharp rises were smaller than last week’s sharp falls. But, overall, those two weeks almost exactly canceled […] Continue reading

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates  Average mortgage rates rose appreciably yesterday. They’d started that morning barely moving. But, within an hour of my posting my prediction, they started moving quickly […] Continue reading