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Top Refinance Options for Homeowners in 2026: Your Guide to Savings
Refinancing Updated 2026 Top Refinance Options for Homeowners in 2026: Your Guide to Savings By Sarah Peterson | April 15, 2026 The landscape of mortgage refinancing has evolved significantly since the days of the Home Affordable Refinance Program...
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Reporter Photo About AIMEE BROWN DAVID E. BRUMBAUGH JEFFREY E. BUECHLER LISA D. BURDEN MICHAEL PATRICK CARNEY PATRICK CROWLEY Patrick Crowley is a political reporter and columnist and former business writer for The Cincinnati Enquirer. DAVE CZACH...
Englesbe Backs Loggerhead Center at Palm Beach Event
RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation Completes $94 Million Equity Private Placement of Convertible Preferred Stock CHARLOTTE, North Carolina -- (Aug. 24, 2018) RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing Corporation ("RoundPoint"), one of the nation's top...
Record Purchase Lending at Guild, Staffing Grows
Net Branch Companies Tout GrowthAmerican Pacific, PRMI and Allied report new branches February 5, 2008 By SAM GARCIA As firms collapsed and more than 100,000 employees left the mortgage industry last year, three net branch companies are reporting...
Urban Financial: Top Reverse Lender
For the second time in one year, the biggest reverse mortgage lender is exiting the business. The departures leave Urban Financial Group Inc. as the biggest fish in a quickly evaporating pond. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., originated in excess of 15,000...
Market Index Slips Despite Better Rates
PRESS RELEASE Weekly Mortgage Market Index Slips Despite Improved Rates DALLAS -- (July 23, 2012) New mortgage activity took a dip this week, with inquiries for jumbo mortgages leading the pack. The decline came despite a new low for mortgage...
Holiday Activity Tumbles
PRESSÂ RELEASE Holiday Activity Tumbles DALLAS -- (July 9, 2012) Depressed by the Fourth of July holiday, new loan activity plunged by more than a fifth last week. Adjustable-rate and government mortgages were hardest-hit. Rates reached a new low....
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Mortgage Rates Today: Daily 30-Year Rate 6.69% Aug 9 2026
30-Year Fixed 6.69% 15-Year Fixed 6.01% 5/1 ARM APR 6.25% Source: Bankrate (780 FICO, single-family, primary residence) Mortgage rates today held the 30-year fixed at 6.69%, unchanged from yesterday's 6.69%. The 15-year fixed sits at 6.01% and the...
The $250 Way to Lower Your Payment Without Refinancing
50 Way to Lower Your Payment Without Refinancing"> You have a 4.1% mortgage from a few years ago and a lump sum you want to put against it. Refinancing means surrendering that rate. Paying extra toward principal shortens the loan but leaves your...
Mortgage Rates Today: Daily 30-Year Rate 6.69% Aug 8 2026
30-Year Fixed 6.69% 15-Year Fixed 6.01% 5/1 ARM APR 6.25% Source: Bankrate (780 FICO, single-family, primary residence) Mortgage rates today climbed to 6.69% on the 30-year fixed, up from 6.65% yesterday. The 15-year fixed sits at 6.01% and the 5/1...
The Write-Offs That Saved You Tax Just Cost You a Mortgage
You ran a good year. Revenue was strong, the business is healthy, and your accountant did exactly what you paid them to do — minimised your taxable income. Now the underwriter is looking at the same return and seeing a borrower who earns $61,000....
Mortgage Rates Today: Daily 30-Year Rate 6.65% Aug 7 2026
30-Year Fixed 6.65% 15-Year Fixed 5.91% 5/1 ARM APR 6.24% Source: Bankrate (780 FICO, single-family, primary residence) Mortgage rates today eased slightly, with the 30-year fixed slipping to 6.65% from 6.67% yesterday, even as the broader trend...
You Paid $4,000 to Lower Your Rate. Was It Worth It?
Your lender offers to drop your rate from 6.55% to 6.30% for $4,000 at closing. The payment falls by $66 a month, which sounds like an easy yes — until you divide one number by the other and find you need to keep the loan for five years before you...
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