Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Falls to 7.12%
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell to 7.12% from 7.18% last week. A year ago, the rate averaged 5.89%.
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An index that tracks mortgage application volume shows applications for loans to buy a home fell last week to the lowest level in 28 years, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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View ArticleUnprecedented Growth: Arkansas Property Values Skyrocket in 2023 Reappraisal
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View ArticleA Hard Sell: Home Prices Soar While Sales Plummet
Rising mortgage rates and low inventory hit Arkansas home sales hard.
View ArticleWinner’s Plaza Sale Surpasses $1.2 Million (Real Deals)
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View ArticleArkansas Capital Corp. Board of Directors Elect Chair, Vice Chair (Movers &...
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View ArticleLittle Rock Area Population Growth Slows
Population growth in central Arkansas has slowed since 2010 to about 0.5% annually, Metroplan, the area’s planning agency, noted in a report released in July.
View ArticleIRS Plans to Crack Down on Millionaires to Collect Back Taxes
The agency said 1,600 millionaires and 75 large business partnerships owe hundreds of millions of dollars in past due taxes.
View ArticleSharply Higher Gas Prices Pushed Up Inflation in August, Yet Underlying Price...
Despite the seemingly divergent figures, the decline in the core measure points to inflation coming under control.
View ArticleUpdate: Governor Signs Tax Cuts, FOIA Changes Into Law
About 1.1 million individual income taxpayers will receive a tax reduction.
View ArticleAverage Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Edged Up to 7.18% This Week
The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 7.18% from 7.12% last week, according to Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac on Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.02%.
View ArticleColliers President Isaac Smith on the 'New Normal' of Commercial Real Estate
Smith joined Colliers in 2003 as a broker, became a principal in 2009 and was named president in 2017.
View ArticleIRS Freezes Pandemic-Era Tax Credit Due to Influx of Fraudulent Claims
The Employee Retention Credit was designed help small businesses keep paying their employees during the height of the pandemic if they were fully or partly suspended from operating.
View ArticleQ1 Loss Lingers For Arvest Bank
Fayetteville’s Arvest Bank lost nearly $1.4 million for the six months ending June 30, compared with an $81 million profit during the first half of 2022.
View Article2 Promoted at First Community Bank (Movers & Shakers)
Staci Avery and Jennifer Scarbrough join First Community Bank of Batesville.
View ArticleFederal Reserve Poised to Leave Rates Unchanged as it Tracks Progress Toward...
The focus for Wall Street investors and analysts now is shifting toward what comes next. Some clues could come in the updated interest rate projections it releases each quarter and at a news conference...
View ArticleUnion Bankshares of Mena to Combine Bank Charters
Union Bankshares Inc. of Mena says it will combine its two bank charters, Union Bank and First National Bank at Paris, and operate all its bank branches under one name, Union Bank.
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