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Mortgage Rates Tick Up

Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® , showing average fixed mortgage rates reversing course from the first weeks of the year to tick up slightly.

How to Decide Whether to Refinance Your Mortgage

© Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg A customer enters a bank advertising home mortgage services in Manhattan Beach, Calif., on Sept. 10, 2013. NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) — Much to the experts' surprise, the United States may be on the verge of another refinancing boom .

Shopping around for a mortgage: Urged but not often done

When it comes to mortgages, experience apparently isn't the best teacher. Recent findings by the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which oversees mortgages and credit cards, among other things, show that almost half of U.S. borrowers don't shop for home loans.