Compare Current Mortgage Rates See average mortgage rates today and learn about what influences rates, how they compare to previous years, and what borrowers can expect in 2025. 01/6/2025 - 6:26 am | View Link
Mortgage Rates Continue Bobbing Near 6-Month High Rates on new 30-year mortgages have been wavering the last two weeks just below their highest level since July, which mixed rate movement across loan types Friday. 01/6/2025 - 1:43 am | View Link
Mortgage Predictions for Week of Jan. 5-11, 2025 In early 2025, affordability remains a major challenge for prospective homebuyers, with rates and listing prices proving to be sticky, said Joel Berner, senior economist at Realtor.com. The average ... 01/4/2025 - 7:00 pm | View Link
30-Year Mortgage Rates Bounce Down Again After 1-Day Hike After adding points the previous business day, 30-year mortgage rates moved lower, in line with the recent trend. Other loan types saw mixed movement. 01/3/2025 - 2:06 am | View Link
Why Do Property Investors Use Interest-Only Mortgages? When it comes to property investing, one of the most common questions is: why do so many investors choose interest-only mortgages over repayment mortgages? The answer lies in the flexibility ... 12/29/2024 - 8:31 pm | View Link
What Is An Interest-Only Mortgage? An interest-only mortgage is a home loan that allows borrowers to make interest-only payments for a set amount of time, typically between seven and 10 years, at the start of a 30-year term. 01/5/2025 - 2:18 am | View Website
What Is An Interest-Only Mortgage? An interest-only mortgage allows borrowers to pay only the interest on the loan for a fixed period of time. Learn about the pros and cons. 01/4/2025 - 9:10 pm | View Website
Interest-Only Mortgage: Definition, How They Work, Pros and Cons What Is an Interest-Only Mortgage? An interest-only mortgage is a type of mortgage in which the mortgagor (the borrower) is required to pay only the interest on... 01/4/2025 - 2:22 pm | View Website
How Interest-Only Mortgages Work: Pros and Cons An interest-only mortgage offers a lower monthly payment at first and is best suited for people with ample assets, good credit and short-term ownership. 01/4/2025 - 9:21 am | View Website
Best Interest-Only Mortgage Lenders of 2024 NerdWallet's Best Interest-Only Mortgage Lenders of 2024. Rate: Best for easy-to-browse interest-only option; PNC Bank: Best for jumbo lending overall; Flagstar: Best for jumbo loan variety 01/3/2025 - 9:26 pm | View Website
Your car is spying on you.
That is one takeaway from the fast, detailed data that Tesla collected on the driver of one of its Cybertrucks that exploded in Las Vegas last week. Privacy data experts say the deep dive by Elon Musk’s company was impressive, but also shines a spotlight on a difficult question as vehicles become less like cars and more like computers on wheels.
Is your car company violating your privacy rights?
“You might want law enforcement to have the data to crack down on criminals, but can anyone have access to it?” said Jodi Daniels, CEO of privacy consulting firm Red Clover Advisors.
The author and her husband have started weekly "office hours."Courtesy of Pooja ShahMy husband and I are new parents, and parenthood has changed our marriage. We found ourselves missing each other and wanted a way to communicate the way we used to. We started to implement "office hours," a weekly ritual during which we have important conversations.
Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIStocks surged and the dollar fell Monday after a report said Trump's tariff plans may be watered down. The report followed Trump's broad tariff threats against Canada and Mexico late last year. Trump denied the report in a post on Truth Social, and the dollar pared its losses.
Zelenskyy said many more North Koreans could come to fight for Russia. Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images3,800 North Koreans have been killed or wounded fighting alongside Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. But Ukraine's president told the Lex Fridman podcast that hundreds of thousands more could arrive. The estimate came amid a discussion of the danger to Europe if the US leaves NATO.
Accounting firms are struggling to attract talent. Momo Takahashi/BINearly 160 accounting execs and partners were asked about why firms were making more auditing errors. The auditors were split on whether a better work-life balance could reduce the number of errors. But they have to consider whether remote work could help attract Gen Zers amid an accountant shortage.
Miles Mitchell and Timothée Chalamet at the Golden Globes. Gregg Deguire/Penske Media/Getty ImagesTimothée Chalamet and Glen Powell brought lookalike competition winners to the Golden Globes. Lookalike competitions sprung up in 2024 for actors like Zendaya, Paul Mescal, and Jeremy Allen White. After Chalamet and Powell took theirs to the Golden Globes, some say the lookalike trend should stop.