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...
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.
KIERAN GILL AT THE VITALITY STADIUM: Bruno Fernandes scored twice to rescue an unconvincing 2-2 draw for Manchester United at Bournemouth as they dropped to seventh.
More than a quarter of potential workers in the North East are now classed as ‘economically inactive’ - and the problem is getting worse. The region has the UK’s highest rate of working age people not looking for a job or unable to start work, new Office for National Statistics figures reveal Data released today, Tuesday, April 16, show the economic inactivity rate for people aged 16-64 in the North East is 26.9%, 4.7% higher than the national average and a rise of 2% compared to December...
Expert says immunity from vaccines and Omicron infections have combined to reduce severe diseaseFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia has recorded its lowest Covid death rate for more than two years, according to federal health department data that dates back to January 2022.The latest data on the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System shows that between Thursday 29 February and Saturday...
Bluetooth trackers are handy little things that can help you find valuables after misplacing them. Our pick for the best Bluetooth tracker is the Chipolo One, and a four-pack has dropped close to its record-low price. The bundle (which usually costs $75) is currently available for just $60, which makes each tracker just $15 — that's a record low for each unit. Alternatively, you can buy a single tracker for $20 (usually $25) if you really only need one. The Chipolo One can't really measure up...
There’s a new meme being shared widely this week across social media accounts in Colombia’s capital Bogotá, as the city grapples with a water crisis. It’s an image of C. Montgomery Burns, the supervillain from the animated series “The Simpsons,” showing up at the door with a bunch of red roses and a heart-shaped chocolate box. Smiling, he says: “I saw your turn of water rationing is different from mine.” The meme reflects a sense of dark humor among some Bogotànos following the city authority’s...
Some 6,265 people have arrived in Britain by dinghy since January, the Home Office said yesterday - a 24 per cent rise on the same period of 2023.
Daniel Farke’s side knew that even a draw would take them top of the Championship after Leicester City’s defeat at Friday night hosts Plymouth Argyle and that a victory would send them two points clear in the automatic promotion places ahead of Ipswich Town’s 3pm hosting of Middlesbrough. Leeds, though, ultimately left with nothing as an 82nd-minute strike from the division’s top scorer Sammie Szmodics condemned United to a first home league loss of the season, dealing a huge blow to the team’s...
As someone who has experienced real racism first-hand, writes NANA AKUA, I find it grossly offensive to link such innocuous things with a truly heinous form of discrimination.
Britain's plummeting birth rate is threating to trigger a 'catastrophic' meltdown of the nation's education system, with fears shrinking class sizes could spark a tsunami of primary school closures.
The fairytale romance was set to finally break the Getty family curse - and it could not have involved a more unlikely pairing. Ivy Love Getty, 29, was the youngest scion of the infamous dynasty.