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Falling Mortgage Rates Spur Refinance Boom -- Is It Time to Refi? 10/26/2025 08:00pm • After consistently trending downward since the government shutdown began on Oct. 1, 30-year mortgage rates have officially fallen to the lowest point this year, below 6.5%. At various points in 2025 and 2024, rates crossed above the 7% threshold, with rates nearly reaching 8% in 2023. In other words How twin disasters reshaped Habitat for Humanity under CEO Jonathan Reckford in the past 20 years 10/26/2025 11:10am • Jonathan Reckford jokes that before he became CEO of Habitat for Humanity International he couldn’t really keep a job. In the two decades after he graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Reckford had been a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs, coach of the Korean rowing team fo Juan Agudelo, once the youngest US goal scorer, to retire after season with second-tier San Antonio 10/25/2025 02:19pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forward Juan Agudelo, whose goal against South Africa in 2010 at age 17 made him the youngest scorer for the U.S. national team in the modern era, will retire at the end of San Antonio's season in the second-tier United Soccer League Championship. Agudelo, who turns 33 on Nov. 2 China's rare golden monkeys debut at European zoos, a possible successor to 'panda diplomacy' 10/25/2025 12:13am • With their distinctive shaggy orange manes, pale blue faces and dense fur covering their hands and feet, it's hard to mistake China's endangered golden snub-nosed monkeys for any other animal. These rare and charismatic monkeys, unique to the frigid mountains of central China, have recently joine Europe fights to avoid being sidelined by Trump’s world-shaping plans 10/25/2025 12:07am • LONDON (AP) — When President Donald Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political drama. It was a telling image. European governments have struggled to play a significant role in d What to know about Argentina's midterm vote, a pivotal test for Trump ally President Milei 10/24/2025 10:12pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anyone who watched U.S. President Donald Trump vow to condition financial aid to cash-strapped Argentina on the outcome of a “very big” and “very important” vote in the South American country would be forgiven for thinking that his close ideological ally, Arg Wall Street hits records following an encouraging update on inflation 10/24/2025 05:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hit records on Friday after an update on inflation came in a bit less painful than feared. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and topped its prior all-time high, which was set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 472 points, or 1%, and the Nasdaq composit New York Attorney General Letitia James pleads not guilty in mortgage fraud case pushed by Trump 10/24/2025 03:38pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James accused the Trump administration of using the justice system as a “tool of revenge” after she pleaded not guilty Friday in a federal mortgage fraud case the president pressed the Justice Department to bring. James’ first court appe In Japan and South Korea, Trump will promote big investments. But the details are still not clear 10/23/2025 08:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is going to Japan and South Korea next week to promote an epic financial windfall — at least $900 billion in investments for U.S. factories, a natural gas pipeline and other projects. Japan and South Korea made those financial commitments in August to try No, Your Mortgage Rate Won't Go Down With the Fed Rate Cut -- Debunking the Myths 10/23/2025 08:00pm • Given the excitement surrounding the likelihood of another Federal Reserve rate cut by the end of this year, you might think Christmas has come early to the housing market. People attach almost magical powers to the Fed and its interest rate cuts. Supposedly, rate cuts will benefit homeowners and wo Michigan is paying $600K to close a police misconduct case and get a piece from a famous shipwreck 10/23/2025 05:19pm • DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has acquired a life ring that washed ashore 50 years ago from the Edmund Fitzgerald, a rare artifact that strangely became part of a settlement in a lawsuit that had nothing to do with the famous shipwreck. Taxpayers are paying $600,000 to settle the lawsuit by Sallie Mae: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 10/23/2025 04:46pm • NEWARK, Del. (AP) — NEWARK, Del. (AP) — SLM Corp. (SLM) on Thursday reported third-quarter profit of $135.9 million. On a per-share basis, the Newark, Delaware-based company said it had profit of 63 cents. The results did not meet Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts s EU leaders agree to future Ukraine funds but make little headway on a plan to use Russia's assets 10/23/2025 04:46pm • BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders on Thursday ordered the bloc’s executive branch to come up with options for meeting Ukraine’s pressing economic and military needs over the next two years, but did not agree to use frozen Russian assets to fill the gap. Belgium, which holds the bulk of Ru Debt problems that dogged Sen. Jim Justice as West Virginia's governor continue to nip at his heels 10/23/2025 02:34pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The trail of debts — and claims made trying to collect them — that dogged Jim Justice well before he became West Virginia’s two-term Republican governor has ballooned since the former billionaire became a U.S. senator earlier this year. Justice was elected last Novem Average long-term US mortgage rate drops to 6.19%, lowest level in more than a year 10/23/2025 12:35pm • The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell this week to its lowest level in more than a year, extending a recent trend that’s helped give lagging U.S. home sales a boost. The average long-term mortgage rate fell to 6.19% from 6.27% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year