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You Co-Signed the Mortgage—Are You On the Hook for Capital Gains Tax?
Facing higher home prices and interest rates, many buyers are looking for mortgage co-signers. But things can get tricky when ...
Home sales are down. So why are prices at an all-time high?
Those with equity in a home can trade up more easily, while many first-time homebuyers are still stuck on the sidelines.
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Weekly Mortgage Rates Rise at Exactly the Wrong Time
Mortgage rates picked a lousy time to go up. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose 11 basis points, to 6.97%, in the week ending April 17, according to rates provided to ...
Millennials Are More Stressed About Their Mortgage Payments Than Any Other Generation
The Hometap survey also found that millennials were more than four times likelier than baby boomers to name mortgage payments ...
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Mortgage rates are falling. Is it a good time to buy a home?
Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. Bond yields are shaped in part by expectations of inflation, some experts said.
The number of first-time homebuyers is plummeting. Why that's bad news for the US economy.
The housing market is a bellwether for the broader economy, and a key group of buyers has been slowly dwindling since 2010.
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I’m a mortgage broker - here's why I wouldn't advise borrowing 6 times your income
Allowing first-time buyers to borrow more and more money is not a solution to the housing crisis, and is the wrong option for ...
U.S. home sales fade in June as national median sales price hits an all-time high of $435,300
LOS ANGELES — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes slid in June to the slowest pace since last September as mortgage rates ...
More tough news for buyers. Home prices jumped to all-time highs in June.
It's a tough time for homebuyers in the US. Unfortunately it got a bit tougher in June, as prices jumped to fresh all-time ...