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You’ve heard the news – mortgage rates jumped from close to 6% back in September to over 7% in less than a few months, before climbing…

While the Los Angeles wildfires are still ongoing, some mortgage relief options are beginning to roll out.This morning, both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unveiled disaster…

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I saw his seemingly straightforward question posed and was surprised I’d never really addressed it.I’ve been writing about mortgages on this blog since 2006, so chances…

Well, 2025 is off to a rough start with one fairly large mortgage lender calling it quits already.Ally Financial is reportedly done with mortgage lending entirely,…

In the mortgage/real estate world there’s a saying: “Drive until you qualify.”It’s a cute way of saying if you can’t afford a home in a certain…

By Ian Bickis “I think the tariffs can do a lot of damage,” RBC chief executive Dave McKay said Tuesday at a bank CEO conference hosted…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule that will remove medical debts from consumer credit reports.In doing so, Americans’ credit scores should rise…

The popular 30-year fixed averaged 6.91% to begin 2025, per the latest Freddie Mac data.This means mortgage rates are now on par with 2001 levels, when…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is suing Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Clayton Homes, for risky lending practices that left many…