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Mortgage rates rose today, while the Consumer Price Index report for August showed inflation remaining stubbornly high. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage jumped to 6.98% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is 19 basis points higher than yesterday and 29 basis points higher than a week ago….

If you think scrolling social media increasingly feels like online shopping, you’re not wrong. More than 8 in 10 consumers say they buy something because of an influencer’s recommendation at least once a year, according to a report from Sprout Social, a social media management and analytics platform. And 49% make influenced purchases at least…

Our daily average fell below 7% this morning, but make no mistake: Mortgage rates remain definitively higher. One look at the week-over-week difference is enough to tell you that. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 6.97% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is 12 basis points…

It’s not a big enough dip to really make a difference, but mortgage interest rates are lower today. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.67% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is three basis points lower than Friday and eight basis points lower than a…

Mortgage interest rates are lower today, after yesterday’s better-than-expected Consumer Price Index report showed that inflation fell in June. The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.45% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is eight basis points lower than yesterday but one basis point higher than…

Everyone packs too much. At the end of every trip, my husband and I go through everything we packed and keep score of which items were actually worth taking. We dock points for anything that never left the bag. It’s brutal, but it’s turned me into a ruthless packer. It’s also made me realize that…