The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage has been so low for so long that a good chunk of borrowers can’t even contemplate the idea of it ever going higher. Why should they? Every time we warn of rising rates, or see a tiny bump up, some global economic tantrum pushes them back down. Most borrowers have refinanced to take advantage of these low rates, but, strangely more than 1 in 10 have not. These borrowers have rates above 5 percent, while the rest of us sit around 3½. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads If you really want…
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Brief drop in mortgage rates fuels refinancing activity Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 | 7:32 AM ET | 01:20 Fears in the European banking community last week created something of a tantrum in U.S. bond markets, driving yields down and taking mortgage rates along with them. As a result, mortgage application volume rose 2.9 percent on seasonally adjusted basis for the week from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads The volume gains were driven entirely by applications to refinance home loans, which rose 5 percent from the previous week, seasonally adjusted. Refinances are highly…
Housing starts down 0.9% in September Wednesday, 19 Oct 2016 | 1:41 PM ET | 01:03 September housing starts came in 9 percent below August and 12 percent below September 2015, according to the U.S. Census, but those big drops belie a huge improvement for the market, at least in this monthly read. Those numbers are totals, based on both single-family homes, which are desperately needed, and multifamily apartments, which have seen a construction boom over the last three years. The drop in housing starts was driven entirely by a big swing lower in multifamily construction. That may be a one-month…
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya has released an official notification regarding release of semester I and V UG examination results. Recently, the controller of examinations at the varsity Ashesh Tiwari has said that the results of the same will be released by next week on the official website, the link for which is www. dauniv.ac.in How to check the results? In order to check the results, all the candidates need to follow the below mentioned steps: Log on to the official website Click on relevant link Enter all the required details such as roll number and date of birth in the space…
Bank of Baroda (BOB) has released an official notification regarding release of Group Discussion and Interview call letters on the official website. BOB successfully conducted written examination for the recruitment of Probationary Officer (PO) posts on 25th September 2016 and the results of the same were also declared. The recruitment examination is being conducted for the posts of 400 Probationary Officer. Steps to download the call letters: Log on to the official website, bankofbaroda.com Click on relevant link Enter the registration number, date of birth in space provided Admit cards will be displayed All the candidates are advised to take…
It’s Halloweekend. Don’t do anything (too) stupid. Maybe just stay inside and play a horror game. This week’s spookiest gaming news: Battlefield 1’s zeppelins are like a Hindenburg ballet, meteors ruin your day in Cities: Skylines, Evolve ends development…again, and somehow Michael Phelps ended up in a Call of Duty commercial. This is gaming news for October 24 through 28. And Nero fiddled It’s safe to say disasters were one of the most conspicuous absences from the original Cities: Skylines, so I’m excited for the upcoming Natural Disasters expansion if only so I can—after saving, of course—pepper my poor populace with…
Update: With the World Series tied up, the Indians face the Cubs in Chicago tonight in game three. First pitch is scheduled for 8:00 pm Eastern time. Plug an antenna into your TV tuner and you can watch the games on Fox. Live outside the range of TV broadcast towers? Look to one of the streaming-TV services that carry FS1: Sling TV or PlayStation Vue. Neither of these forces you to sign a long-term contract, so you can cancel after the Series is over if you decide they don’t deliver adequate value. And don’t miss our in-depth guide to the…
The Note7’s Coral blue offering turned out to be a popular color choice. Unfortunately for many, Samsung had to discontinue sales of the Galaxy Note 7. So, no S-Pen (for now) but that doesn’t mean you can’t have Samsung’s soft-blue-and-tinge-of-orange color combo, as it will come to the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge. Currently, Samsung plans to release the Coral Blue edition of the Samsung Galaxy S7 edge with 4G+ in both Singapore and Taiwan. This edition will be available starting on November 5 in Singapore and November 1 in Taiwan from what appears to be in a 32GB configuration for…
BlackBerry has announced that it’s currently working with AT&T to speed up the release of a fix to the ‘No Service’ issue that some Priv users have been facing on the carrier’s network for over a month now. “The root cause for this issue has been identified, and a solution will be made available shortly as BlackBerry is working with AT&T to expedite the release of a software fix,” the company said. “As soon as this is available the knowledge base article will be updated, as well as this thread so everyone is aware. For those who aren’t aware, several…
The LG V20 is now available for purchase in Canada, where carriers Videotron and Wind Mobile are currently offering the device. A quick look their websites reveals that the handset is being sold outright for CAD 1,029.95 (around $770) and CAD 999 (around $745), respectively. Those purchasing the phone (irrespective of their carrier choice) will also get a free pair of B&O Play H3 headphones by Bang & Olufsen (worth CAD 199.95). There’s currently no information on which other carriers or retailers will carry the phone. source”cnbc”