Mortgage rates inch higher, but home-buying demand is growing
Published: Jan. 11, 2024 at 12:26 p.m. ET Mortgage rates rose slightly in the latest week, but that didn’t deter home buyers. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose and averaged 6.66% as of January 11, according to data released by Freddie Mac FMCC on Thursday. It’s up 4 basis points from the previous week — one
My dad wants to take out a mortgage and has tried, unsuccessfully, to have Sallie Mae release him as cosigner on my $153,000 student loan. What can we do?
I thought it was a federal loan because I believe they did both types of loans. I started paying back the $153,000 interest-only loan in September 2022, while my dad paid towards the principal and the balance increased. They removed the interest-only repayments after several calls were made regarding the balance not being reduced. My