Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, current homeowners have been given a gift –record low interest rates. In order to bolster the lagging economy, the Federal Reserve cut the interest rate to near zero (0.25%) in March 2020. Now, homeowners (even those who bought as recently as early 2020) sho...
Today’s mortgage interest rates are well below the highest annual average rate recorded by Freddie Mac — 16.63% in 1981. A year before the COVID-19 pandemic upended economies across the world, the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for 2019 was 3.94%. The average r...
Today’s mortgage interest rates are well below the highest annual average rate recorded by Freddie Mac — 16.63% in 1981. A year before the COVID-19 pandemic upended economies across the world, the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for 2019 was 3.94%. The average r...
A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves is seen in Capri, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Capri, Italy, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca ROME (Reuters) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 420 on...
Today’s mortgage interest rates are well below the highest annual average rate recorded by Freddie Mac — 16.63% in 1981. A year before the COVID-19 pandemic upended economies across the world, the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage for 2019 was 3.94%. The average ...
The number of first-time buyers hit a 20-year high in 2021, with more than 400,000 people entering the market following a cut in stamp duty and arise in demand for extra spaceas more people worked from home during the COVID pandemic. ...
Due to Covid-19 and the state and federal responses, there were numerous logistical and policy changes that came into play, and Rick was able to help us navigate through all of that, and he always took the time to answer questions we had. Despite all the extra challenges, we were able...
Mortgage lending ebbs The number of mortgages granted to prospective house purchasers fell to the lowest level in two years during April.The Bank of England data, published yesterday, provides the strongest signal so far that UK housing market activity is moderating as interest rates rise. ...
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Measures to combat COVID-19 such as social distancing, sanitising our hands and not eating out may have had unexpected health benefits. Salmonella infection rates in the ACT decreased in 2020 – around the same time COVID-19 safety measures were introduced, a Federal Department of Heal...