Tag: mortgage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in 2024 to a nearly 30-year low for the second time in as many years as elevated mortgage rates, rising home prices and few…

Mortgage rates in the U.S. resumed their downward path, dropping to a new low for the year. The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 6.46%, down from 6.49% last week, Freddie Mac said in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed back to nearly 7% this week, pushing up borrowing costs for home shoppers with the spring homebuying season underway. The average rate on a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate topped 7% for the first time in more than two decades this week, a result of the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes intended to tame inflation…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting where it’s expected to announce another big increase to its main borrowing rate. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge today threw out Paul Manafort’s New York mortgage fraud case on double jeopardy grounds. Manafort, 70, was President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016. He was later convicted in…