Mortgage Rates Inch Up to Nearly 7%—the Highest in 6 Months Even as Pending Home Sales Rise

Realtor.com; Getty Images (1)Mortgage rates inched up again, from 6.85% last week to 6.91% for the average 30-year fixed home loan for the week ending Jan. 2, according to Freddie Mac.“Inching up to just shy of 7%, mortgage rates reached their highest point in nearly six months,” said Sam Khater, Fr

Simone Biles Reveals She Has ‘Forbidden Olympic Closet’ in Texas Home Where She Hides Memorabilia From Tokyo Games

Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesGymnastics GOAT Simone Biles has opened up about the painful mental health breakdown she suffered at the 2020 Tokyo Games—while revealing that she hid all her memorabilia from that ill-fated event inside a “forbidden Olympics closet” at her home in Texas.Biles, 27, who lives

Deep Freeze Hit the Housing Market in December With the Strongest Seasonal Slowdown in 2 Years

Getty/GlowimagesAs temperatures plummeted over the festive season, so did the level of activity in the residential real estate market, which experienced its strongest seasonal slowdown in nearly two years.“Homes spent 70 days on the market, the slowest December in five years and the slowest month si

‘I Bought a Crumbling $1 Home in Italy and Turned It Into My Dream House’

YouTube/CNBCBuying a $1 home in Italy might seem like a deal that’s too good to be true; and for one Chicago woman who made it her reality, it was. But she doesn’t regret a thing.Financial advisor Meredith Tabbone was deep into researching her Italian family history in 2019, when she stumbled across