Mortgage applications drop after rates top 7%, the highest since 2001
admin The numbers: Mortgage applications fell 1.7% this week, as higher mortgage rates continue to depress…
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Read MoreOpinion: IBM’s expensive and risky pivot to the cloud is finally paying off
International Business Machines agreed to buy open-source enterprise-software company Red Hat for a whopping $33…
Read MoreBad news for Democrats ahead of the midterm elections: Voters worry about a recession and declining living standards
As the midterm elections near, many Americans do not have financial peace of mind. It’s…
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Read MoreHow hurricanes are changing Puerto Rico’s real estate market
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Read More‘Bad news for homeowners’: The number of homes on the market is rising. That’s unusual for this time of the year.
It took a while, but it’s finally happening — the number of for-sale listings on…
Read MoreHow to prepare for a recession when you don’t have a lot of money to spare
Low- to moderate-income Americans walloped by higher prices and economic insecurity may have darker days…
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My boyfriend has a nicer house, and says I should live with him. My mortgage is paid off. He believes I should pay half of his monthly costs. Is that fair?
Dear Quentin, My boyfriend owns a house with a 30-year mortgage balance of $150,000 on…
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