Mortgage rates reached another new low for 2025 on Thursday morning after a weak ADP jobs report caused bond yields to dip slightly ahead of the significant jobs report that will be released on Friday. Current 30-year fixed mortgage rates are at 6.45% according to Mortgage News Daily, marking an 11-month low. Mortgage rates reached […]
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has issued regulatory guidance in the past year that has had a “significant impact on counseling” for prospective Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) borrowers. That’s according to Melinda Opperman, the chief external affairs officer for Credit.org, a national nonprofit financial counseling agency. In a recent interview
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The jobs report is the most important scheduled event each month as far as interest rates are concerned. The last installment helped get the average 30yr fixed rate down from 6.75 to 6.50 because it came out much weaker than expected (in addition to revising the previous two months lower as well). The shift in
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