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Reduce your refinance costs

Starting the mortgage refinance process can be intimidating.

The goal is to trade in your current mortgage for a new one that helps you reduce your rate and build equity faster.

But making mistakes during the process can result in higher costs.

The best way to refinance...

Today’s mortgage and refinance rates 

Average mortgage rates edged lower yesterday. Assuming you’re not affected by the surcharge on certain Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac refinances, yours may have changed little this week. And conventional loans today start at 2.875% (2.875% APR) for a 30-year, ...

The global number of confirmed COVID-19 cases has risen above 30 million.

As infections surge across Europe, the continent’s travel and tourism industry is calling for a common coronavirus testing system to replace national quarantine measures...

FHFA fee starts on December 1, but rates will go up before that

Starting on December 1, a new “Adverse Market Refinance Fee” will be imposed on most conventional refinances.

Homeowners won’t pay the new fee at closing.

Instead, lenders will cover it by raising refinance rates — likely by as...

The Trump administration is moving ahead with a ban on the use of the messaging app WeChat in the United States starting this coming Sunday night.

The ban was proposed in August, but the order for ByteDance of China to divest the U.S...

The economic disparity between minorities and white Americans has manifested itself in a variety of ways, such as gaps in employee diversity, wages and minority-owned businesses.

A new study from Deutsche Bank shows Black and Hispanic Americans are also experiencing a “racial tech gap,” which cou...

What’s going on with extra COVID-19 unemployment benefits?

It’s been weeks since President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum that was supposed to get the federal government back into the business of topping up unemployment benefits, to $400 a week...

What’s going on with extra COVID-19 unemployment benefits?

It’s been weeks since President Donald Trump signed an executive memorandum that was supposed to get the federal government back into the business of topping up unemployment benefits, to $400 a week...

The U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday some new data from the 2019 American Community Survey. In that data, the agency noted a change in the way it looks at households, adding an option for people to specify if their relationship was a same-sex marriage or partnership.

The census estimates that ...

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