• LOVE MANTECA ON APRIL 27

    Love Manteca 2024 is right around the corner. The event that brings schools, churches, businesses, and the community together will take place on Saturday, April 27.

  • Week of April 22-27, 2024

    Letters to the editor published in The Monitor, Valley Morning Star and The Brownsville Herald during the week of April 22-27, 2024.

  • Your Horoscope This Week: April 21 To 27

    ILLUSTRATED BY SUCHET INUTHAI Mercury retrograde ends this week on the 25th — hooray! But before we get there, we’re still integrating the potent effects of the Jupiter-Uranus conjunction in Taurus that we experienced last Saturday (the 20th). We’ll continue to feel the effects of this conjunction for weeks and months to come, so make sure to look at your birth chart to see where Taurus energy falls in your birth chart, as this will be the sector that is most potently transformed over the...

  • Contrary to the NYT, Mortgage Rates are Unlikely to Stay Where They Are

    The New York Times did a classic the economy is awful story by highlighting the fact that 1.3 million homeowners might not be moving because of the large gap between current mortgage rates and the rate they would have to pay on a new mortgage. While this is clearly a problem, the flip side is More

  • Mortgage rates surpass 7% for the first time this year

    “It seems increasingly likely that mortgage rates are not going to come down anytime soon,” Bright MLS chief economist Lisa Sturtevant said.

  • Average long-term mortgage rate climbs above 7%

    LOS ANGELES >> Prospective homebuyers are facing higher costs to finance a home with the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate moving above 7% this week to its highest level in nearly five months.

  • Homebuyers’ Quandary: to Wait or Not to Wait for Lower Mortgage Rates

    Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Lower rates give home shoppers more financial breathing room, so holding out for a more attractive rate can make a big difference, especially for first-time homebuyers who often struggle […]

  • Homebuyers’ quandary: to wait or not to wait for lower mortgage rates

    By ALEX VEIGA (AP Business Writer) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Lower rates give home shoppers more financial breathing room, so holding out for a more attractive rate can make […]

  • Mortgage rates are now at the highest level of the year and could still climb

    The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage crossed over 7% on April 1, according to Mortgage News Daily, and it just kept going. It now sits right around 7.5%, the highest level since mid-November of last year. Rates hit their highest level in a few decades last October, causing home sales to grind to a halt. Builders jumped to buy down rates for their customers and managed to do better than existing home sellers. Rates then fell through mid-January to the mid-6% range and held there...

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    Mortgage rates are now at the highest level of the year, and could still climb

    The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage sits around 7.5%, the highest level since mid-November of last year, according to Mortgage News Daily.

  • Mortgage applications up 16% as interest rates fall, wages rise

    The number of mortgage applications, including refinancings and additions, increased by 16 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same quarter last year. Applications for the purchase of a home increased by 19 percent, De Hypotheker reported on Wednesday. Half of these applications were from young home buyers under the age of 35.

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    Santander, HSBC, and TSB cut interest rates on range of mortgages

    Mortgage interest rates have fallen across a range of products in recent weeks