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Mortgage Rates Back Below Year-Ago Levels as We Head into Spring

Mortgage Rates Back Below Year-Ago Levels as We Head into Spring

As anticipated, mortgage rates are back below their year-ago levels. I had suspected they would be, despite a rough couple...

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Private lending: What’s in store for the space?

Private lending: What’s in store for the space?

State regulations a persistent challenge to private lending growth The space made $8 billion in securitizations last year, with $12...

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Mortgage interest rates inch down in slow-moving pattern

Mortgage interest rates inch down in slow-moving pattern

Mortgage rates have fluctuated less than 20 basis points in the past five weeks, in a pattern Freddie Mac says...

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Marsden Building Society loosens expat lending policy   – Mortgage Strategy

Marsden Building Society loosens expat lending policy   – Mortgage Strategy

Marsden Building Society has relaxed its expat mortgage criteria, including additional support for expats returning to the UK.   The...

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Is Trump’s Plan to Lower Mortgage Rates Mass Government Layoffs?

Is Trump’s Plan to Lower Mortgage Rates Mass Government Layoffs?

I got to thinking the other day that Trump’s plan to lower mortgage rates might be through increased unemployment. While...

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What will replace the CFPB?

What will replace the CFPB?

“I think it sometimes stifles that growth or innovation because nobody wants to be under the [regulation] of the CFPB,”...

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Judge agrees to immediately halt further CFPB firings

Judge agrees to immediately halt further CFPB firings

Photographer: Samuel Corum/BloombergSamuel Corum/Bloomberg A federal judge on Friday agreed to temporarily block the Trump administration from firing more employees...

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Questions and answers – Mortgage Strategy

Questions and answers – Mortgage Strategy

1. The earliest modern British cheque that we know of was made payable to a Mr Delboe, for £400. In...

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Can You Use a Credit Card for a Down Payment on a House?

Can You Use a Credit Card for a Down Payment on a House?

One of the biggest hurdles to homeownership is the down payment. After all, the typical American has barely anything in...

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How will Trump’s axing of federal employees impact the US economy?

How will Trump’s axing of federal employees impact the US economy?

“It depends upon how it’s structured and how fast [the layoffs] happen. Right now, the way it’s structured it would...

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