Finance

Fatten Up Your Wallet This Summer

As you finalize your pricey summer vacation plans, you may be looking for ways to put money back in your pocket to help subsidize the costs. Here are some suggestions that you likely haven’t considered.

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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Rise for Third Consecutive Week

Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.58 percent, up from 3.48 percent at this same time last week.

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Reverse Mortgages: 10 Things You Need to Know

Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Matt Allen of North American Savings Bank. Sometimes people reach retirement and discover that, for whatever reason, they More

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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Rise for Second Consecutive Week

Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.48 percent, up from 3.39 More

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Is an FHA Loan Right for You?

Since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the U.S. government’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has provided a form of mortgage insurance to back loans made to More

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10 Mortgage Misconceptions

With the real estate market picking up and mortgage rates prime for refinancing, Zillow has compiled a list of common mortgage misconceptions based off the results of the just released 2013 Mortgage IQ Survey.

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What Is Your Mortgage IQ? It Might Be Lower Than You Think

The Mortgage IQ Survey showed that prospective home buyers answered very basic mortgage questions wrong nearly one-third of the time.

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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Increase for First Time Since March

Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages increased this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.39 percent, up from 3.25 percent at this same time last week.

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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Hover Near Historic Lows

Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.25 percent, the lowest rate since Jan. 15.

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30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates Decline for 4th Consecutive Week

Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace at 3.31 percent, down from 3.34 percent.