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11 2025 September
How to Buy a Home with Student Loan Debt
For many Americans, student loan debt can feel like one of the most significant barriers to buying a home. According to the Education Data Initiative,...
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08 2025 September
What the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act Means for You
On September 5, 2025, President Trump signed the Homebuyers Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 2808), also known as the Trigger Leads Bill, into law. This new...
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06 2025 September
Interest Rates Love Jobs Data
This was a holiday-shortened week with the Labor Day holiday closing markets on Monday. Despite the loss of a day, there wasn’t a loss of...
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30 2025 August
PCE Continues Rate Cut Expectations
PCE Inflation in Line with Forecasts Friday’s Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) report for July came in as the market expected. The headline inflation showed a...
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23 2025 August
Powell Changes His Tune
Powell Signals Possible Rate Cuts Friday’s much-anticipated speech from Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell was the long-awaited signal that markets have been waiting for....
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16 2025 August
Rates Hold the Line
Mortgage Rates Hold Recent Lows After last week’s reality check with the Jobs report, mortgage rates improved and held their lows this week. There was normal...
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14 2025 August
What Are the Differences Between VantageScore 4.0 vs. FICO® 10 Credit Scoring Models?
When you apply for a mortgage, your credit score plays a significant role in whether you get approved. It also affects your interest rate and...
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09 2025 August
Changes Happening at the BLS
BLS Leadership Shake-Up Raises Concerns After this commentary was published last week, breaking news came out announcing that the President had fired the head of...
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02 2025 August
Action-Packed Week
With a complete change from the prior two weeks, this week was full of important economic news that moved rates. We ended the week significantly...
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