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Homebuyers are adjusting to the new normal of 7% mortgage rates
As the 2025 spring homebuying season approaches, the long-term costs of a home loan are inching lower even as market ...
Massachusetts governor calls on agency to rethink rate increase as utility bills skyrocket
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey called on Department of Public Utilities to "rethink" rate increases as utility bills ...
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Gov. Maura Healey demands 'rate relief' for natural gas utility users, while lawmakers eye hike in electric bills
BOSTON — With Bay Staters facing skyrocketing energy bills, Gov. Maura Healey demanded that a state regulatory agency and utility companies provide urgent relief to customers. In a letter to ...
Massachusetts homebuyers hope mortgage rates ease, inventory loosens in 2025. Will they?
Through Nov. 30, last year's statewide median sales price for single-family homes was $616,925, up a robust 8.2%.
Here Are Today’s Mortgage Refinance Rates: February 13, 2025 – Rates Rise
The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance climbed to 7.05% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 6.03%, and for 20-year mortgages, ...
Average US rate on a 30-year mortgage eases to 6.87%, fourth straight weekly decline
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fourth week in a row, an encouraging sign for prospective home shoppers as the spring homebuying season gets underway. The average rate ...
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To fix Massachusetts’ housing crisis, we need to build. Here’s why that's hard.
Reasons why there’s a housing shortage? It takes a lot of time, people and money to create a new apartment building.
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2025 Housing Forecast: When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down?
This does not influence our opinions or our ratings, which are editorially independent. Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the ...