30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall to Lowest Level in More than a Week With a two-day drop, 30-year mortgage rates have dipped to their lowest average in eight days. Rates moved down for most other new purchase loans as well. 05/3/2024 - 4:25 am | View Link
Mortgage rates increase for fifth week in a row, and home buyers ‘will likely not see relief’ anytime soon The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose and averaged 7.22% as of May 2, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday. 05/2/2024 - 5:02 am | View Link
How the Federal Reserve impacts mortgage rates: Will mortgage rates go down in 2024? Federal Reserve changes to the federal funds rate can have an indirect but big impact on mortgage rates. Here's what current and future homeowners should know. 05/1/2024 - 9:55 am | View Link
Jerome Powell speaks on policy outlook after keeping interest rate steady The US Federal Reserve (Fed) will announce monetary policy decisions following the April 30 - May 1 policy meeting on Wednesday. Market participants widely anticipate that the US central bank will ... 05/1/2024 - 8:02 am | View Link
Mortgage Rates Recover Some of Thursday's Weakness After Friday's Economic Data As 2024 has progressed, economic data--especially inflation data--have made it increasingly clear that rates will not be coming down nearly as soon as the Fed (and the market) expected. Rates are ... 04/26/2024 - 6:23 am | View Link
Houston — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come.
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“This threat is ongoing and it’s going to get worse.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.