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In 2024, the denial reason most commonly cited by lenders was debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, listed as the primary reason in 36% of mortgage denials. The second most common was collateral (17%). Both of ...

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.12% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is five basis points lower than yesterday and 16 basis ...

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A Roth IRA is an individual retirement account that you fund with after-tax dollars. While you don't get a tax break now, your contributions and investment earnings grow tax-free.

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When considering how to invest $100K, think about how you want your money managed, as well as your savings, retirement contributions, taxes, fees and asset allocation.