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Mortgage Rates Sink to Lowest Level on Record

WASHINGTON (June 24) - Mortgages are cheaper today than they've been in a half-century. If only most people had the job security, the credit score and the cash to qualify. The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan sank to 4.69 percent this week, beating the low set in December and down from 4.75 percent last week, Freddie...

Get Ready for Round 3 of Credit Card Reform

(March 19) -- Don't take the shears to your credit card just yet. While credit card issuers may have managed to stay one step ahead of consumer-protection regulations, the next round of Credit CARD Act provisions will force them to roll back some of their charges. "This proposal addresses two key costs of using a...