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Mortgage rates have increased for five consecutive weeks, sidelining potential buyers in the middle of the spring homebuying season.Processing ContentThe 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.46% this…

Higher oil prices due to the Iran war are straining an already strapped lower-income consumer . But as equities fall, there’s a warning sign that higher…

Mortgage rates took another leg up today, rising ever closer to 6.50%.The culprit once again has been the conflict in the Middle East, which has sent…

Somehow mortgage rates went from being the best since 2022 to the worst this year, all in the span of about a week and change.Talk about…

A liquefied natural gas, or LNG, tanker on a digital screen at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha, May 20, 2025.Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty…

Key insight: Threat group FulcrumSec claims to have exfiltrated 2.04 gigabytes of data from LexisNexis Legal & Professional in late February.What’s at stake: The compromised data…

Enhanced subsidies that helped millions of people afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace expired at the end of 2025 — which has forced…

Well, it looked like the 30-year fixed was destined for the 5s until it didn’t.We were ever so close when 10-year bond yields nearly breached 4%…

Mesh Cube | Istock | Getty ImagesThe stock market has been quick to punish software firms and other perceived losers from the artificial intelligence boom in…

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin talks to residents and small business owners impacted by the Palisades Fire on Feb. 4, 2026 in Pacific Palisades, California.…