Mortgage rates for a 30-year fixed loan rose to [6.72%](https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/mortgage-rates-december-14/) this week, up from [6.6%](https://www.realtor.com/news/real-estate-news/mortgage-rates-december-12/) last week. The median listing price fell by 1.2% compared with last year. (Median home prices hit [$416,880](https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/housing-market-november/) in November.) What impact do these changes have on your monthly mortgage payment? Here’s the monthly cost of purchasing a typical home
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Topline The Supreme Court has become weighed down by an “ethical crisis” as justices have failed to disclose gifts and identify conflicts of interest in cases they rule on, according to a report released Saturday by the Democrat-led Senate Judiciary Committee, following a wave of criticism in recent years as reports revealed alleged misconduct. Key
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The Biden administration estimates about $180 billion in student loan debt has been forgiven for nearly 5 million Americans.
Topline President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated a trio of candidates to positions in his administration, including David Fink as head of the Federal Railroad Administration, Aaron Reitz to lead the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Policy and Chad Mizelle as the agency’s chief of staff, the latest among of flurry of new appointments in
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Yields on U.S. government debt finished with their second consecutive weekly advances on Friday, as traders positioned for the likelihood of fewer 2025 rate cuts from the Federal Reserve than they had expected a month ago...
Oil futures settled little changed on Friday but tallied losses for the week after feeling pressure from a surging U.S. dollar and continued concerns about the demand outlook, particularly from China, the world’s largest crude importer...