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December
8

It's down from last week's 7.22% average for a 30-year, fixed-rate loan. Freddie Mac's chief economist says they need to drop more, but it's a "welcome relief."

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Home loan financing costs eased again this week, as the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slid to its lowest level in four months.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped to 7.03% from 7.22% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.33%.

The last time the average rate was lower was in early August, when it was at 6.96%.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing the...

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November
15

Gas, cars and airfare cost less last month. Prices rose 3.2% year-to-year in Oct. – still higher than the Fed's 2% goal – for the smallest increase since June.

WASHINGTON (AP) – Inflation in the United States slowed last month in a sign that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes are continuing to cool the consumer price spikes that have bedeviled consumers for the past two years.

Tuesday's report from the Labor Department showed that prices either fell or rose only slowly across a broad range of goods and services, including...

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