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• $1,400 stimulus check and $400 weekly unemployment boost: Here’s what’s in Biden’s plan

  Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill proposal comes during the pandemic’s biggest inflection point yet.

  7 min read Jan 15, 2021

  

• 30-year mortgage rate bounces off record lows

  The average cost of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.01 percent this week.

  1 min read Jan 13, 2021

  

• Mortgage applications jump to kick off 2021

  Applications for home loans reached their highest level since March.

  2 min read Jan 13, 2021

  

• How ‘house hackers’ combine homeownership, real estate investing

  Homebuyers with an entrepreneurial streak can use an FHA loan to buy a duplex or triplex with a down payment of just 3.5%.

  5 min read Jan 13, 2021

  

• Survey: Those hit financially by COVID-19 paying 4 times more in bank fees

  Those hit financially by the pandemic saw average monthly charges for their checking account of $11.41.

  5 min read Jan 13, 2021

  

• In strong home seller’s market, iBuyers find fewer takers

  iBuyers’ market share plunged in 2020.

  4 min read Jan 08, 2021

  

• 30-year mortgage rate matches record low

  The average nationwide mortgage rate fell to 2.95 percent, tying a record low.

  1 min read Jan 06, 2021

  

• How to track your second coronavirus stimulus check

  Has your $600 stimulus payment arrived yet? Here’s how to check the status.

  4 min read Jan 06, 2021

  

• In a pandemic first, 10-year Treasury tops 1%, pressuring mortgage rates

  If Democrats win the Senate, investors expect new government stimulus.

  2 min read Jan 06, 2021

  

• First-quarter 2021 housing trends: Low mortgage rates and buyer competition prevail

  The pandemic rages on but real estate has too.

  4 min read Jan 04, 2021