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Ongoing strength in the U.S. economy drove mortgage rates up over 7% for the first time in eight months, casting doubt over a recovery in the housing sector. The 30-year mortgage rate inched up to ...

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Refinancing your home means replacing the original mortgage with a new one with different financial terms. Borrowers might refinance their home to shorten the length of the loan or take advantage ...

PETALING JAYA: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) already has the legal power to collect from errant borrowers, say education experts who urged it to use such avenues to reduce ...

Mortgage rates dipped below 7% this week as the housing market continued to snuggle into its winter hibernation. The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 12 basis points to 6.94% ...

Mortgage rates dropped for the first time in six weeks, helping keep a gauge of home-purchase applications at a one-year high. The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage declined 7 basis points to 7. ...

Beijing has agreed in principle to extend the repayment period for Chinese loans and assured Dhaka it will look into the request to lower the interest rate to ease Bangladesh's foreign debt ...

Nationwide is increasing the sole applicant minimum income from £35,000 to £40,000 on its Helping Hand mortgages, as part of changes to terms and conditions. Nationwide describes the popular ...

We're still getting our heads around Intel's latest Arrow Lake desktop CPUs (actually you could say, so is Intel). But here comes news of its successor, namely Nova Lake. It's been spotted on a ...

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