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Published: August 16, 2026 Updated: October 1, 2026 Last fact-checked: October 1, 2026 Current status: Freddie Mac's October 1, 2026 PMMS average is 7.28% for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage and 6.60% for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage.…
Read the report →Published: September 7, 2026 Last fact-checked: September 7, 2026 Current status: Proposed final judgment filed; Pinnacle has agreed in the filed…
Updated September 1, 2026 North Carolina flood buyouts received more than $34 million in new FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program funding…
Updated September 1, 2026 The Nebraska First Street lawsuit challenges property-level climate-risk scores that appear on or are linked from major…
Updated August 27, 2026 Indiana FEMA assistance is open to homeowners and renters in 21 counties for eligible losses tied to…
Updated August 25, 2026 The proposed Zillow Redfin settlement filed on August 24 would require Redfin to rebuild an independent multifamily…
Updated August 24, 2026 Colorado FEMA aid is being requested for wildfire recovery after the Aspen Acres and Gold Mountain fires…
Updated: August 23, 2026 Pennsylvania flood aid is expanding for households affected by the July 28 flash flooding in Clearfield County.…
Updated: August 23, 2026 The Houston DR24 home repair program is moving into its next application step. Beginning Monday, August 24,…
Corrected August 23, 2026: An earlier version of this page described a new $50 million CFPB refund action that was not…
Originally published August 16, 2026; updated August 21, 2026 with Freddie Mac’s August 20 survey. Mortgage rates declined for a second…
