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Rising Mortgage Rates Send Shivers Through the Housing Market In a stark and unrelenting turn of events, the United States housing market is facing a tumultuous...
The benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage might hit 7.5% by the end of the year. Rate hikes are starting to percolate into the economy and have unintended...
You can tell a lot about someone’s economic standing by their mortgage application. The size of the down payment. The type of loan. The number of...
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Reality Check You don’t wake up planning to get scammed. No one does. It starts with a “fraud alert” text that looks real, a too-slick investment...
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If your property tax bill jumped like it found a pre-workout, don’t just grumble—appeal it. Assessments aren’t infallible. They’re models, with human inputs. That means they...
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The Fast Answer (Start Here) If your current first-mortgage rate is meaningfully lower than today’s, keep it. A HELOC (or fixed second) lets you access equity...
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Middle-class life looks different in every corner of America. In some states, it’s a tidy three-bed ranch with a short commute; in others, it’s a condo...
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For many Americans, owning a car was long a pillar of middle-class stability. That’s shifting. Monthly car payments have now soared: the average new-vehicle payment is...
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Mortgage rates barely slipped—call it three-quarters of a point from recent highs—and yet homeowners rushed to cash-out refis like it’s 2005 with granite countertops on the...
By FMC Editorial Team
A handful of states—mostly in the Northeast and Midwest—are posting the strongest house-price gains right now. But before you treat rising equity like found money, remember...
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If you’ve ever paid a $35 overdraft fee or borrowed $500 from a payday lender, you’ve felt the reach of America’s quietest predator — the financial...
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A bank account should keep your money safe — not nickel-and-dime you every month. If you’ve ever been hit with a $35 overdraft fee or had...
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You can tell a lot about someone’s economic standing by their mortgage application. The size...
Reality Check You don’t wake up planning to get scammed. No one does. It starts...
If your property tax bill jumped like it found a pre-workout, don’t just grumble—appeal it....