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This week, mortgage rates rose to their highest level since May 2024. The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage went up three basis points to 7.07% in the week ending May 29, according to ...

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President Donald Trump and Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, are pushing a 50-year mortgage. Southern California is one of the least affordable regions for homebuyers, ...