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Travis Pelto

This Week in Financial Blunders: Brand Failures

Two highly publicized brand failures have happened in the past week, with near immediate consequences. Find out more of the details in This Week in Financial Blunders.

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Mortgage Rates Inch Higher for the Second Week in a Row

After over a month of record-low mortgage rates, we’ve seen low mortgage rates creep a little higher for two weeks in a row. Read the details in this week’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey.

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Know Your Mortgage: Jumbo Loans

Jumbo things are normally great, like jumbo shrimp or jumbo jets. Does the same apply to a jumbo loan? Read this week’s Know Your Mortgage to see what the “Jumbo” implies for your home loan.

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This Week in Financial Blunders: Unfair Medical Bills & Lauryn Hill

From medical institutions to R&B legends, no one is immune to poor monetary decisions. Read more in This Week in Financial Blunders.

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Mortgage Rates Are on the Rise

Unfortunately, mortgage rates have reversed their recent trends and have risen this week according to the Primary Mortgage Market Survey. Read on to find out how much they’ve risen.

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Know Your Mortgage: Flood Insurance

Summer Break might be on your mind, but before you take an extended vacation consider the simple ways you can protect your home from flooding. Take a deeper look in this week’s Know Your Mortgage.

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Know Your Mortgage: Net Escrow

Not everything in the mortgage world is as intimidating as it seems. Sometimes, complicated issues have a lot of variables that just need to be clarified. That’s exactly what we do in this week’s Know Your Mortgage with Net Escrow.

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This Week in Financial Blunders: Bad Euro, Rastafarian Banana

Do you want funny bad news, or sobering bad news? The choice is yours, but you can read them both in This Week in Financial Blunders.

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15-Year Fixed-Rate Mortgages Break Record Lows Again

For two weeks in row, 15-year fixed-rate mortgages have reached the lowest rates on record, and every other rate dropped as well. See the details in this week’s PMMS report.

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This Week in Financial Blunders: Empty Accounts, Apple and Raining Money

After a weekend of practicing what I preach, and by that I mean committing some major financial blunders, it’s time I write about other people’s mishaps in a selfish attempt to make myself feel better. Find out who took a misstep in This Week in Financial Blunders.

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