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Mortgage rates fall for the first time in two months. Buyers are rushing back.

Mortgage applications rose 6.3% in the last week, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

Business - MarketWatch - 14 hours ago

3 housing-market stocks with room to grow despite high mortgage rates

A mutual-fund manager finds opportunities in D.R. Horton, Sherwin-Williams and Equifax.

Business - MarketWatch - 6 hours ago

Russia’s rouble plunges to lowest rate since early weeks of Ukraine war

Rouble hit 110 against the dollar after US introduced sanctions against Gazprombank, Russia’s third-largest bank. Russia’s rouble has plunged to its lowest rate against the dollar since the early ...

World - The Guardian - 13 hours ago

How Trump's economic agenda could affect mortgage rates in 2025

Here's what a noted housing expert thinks will happen to mortgage rates next year as Donald Trump outlines his priorities.

‘It has been bumpy’: Starmer reckons with plunging approval ratings

Even allies of the UK prime minister, whose approval ratings have collapsed, say he needs to raise his game — and quickly

Business - Financial Times - 21 hours ago

Trump considers tough antitrust advocate for justice department unit

Gail Slater is ally of JD Vance who had also been in the running to chair the Federal Trade Commission

Business - Financial Times - 3 hours ago

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