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Several benchmark mortgage rates moved higher today. The average rates on 30-year fixed and 15-year fixed mortgages both increased. On the variable-mortgage side, the average rate on 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgages also trended upward.

Rates for mortgages change daily, but they have remained in a historically low range for quite some time. If you’re in the market for a mortgage, it could make sense to go ahead and lock if you see a rate you like. Just be sure to shop around.

Compare mortgage rates in your area now.

By:Elina Tarkazikis
Elina Tarkazikis is a reporter for National Mortgage News.

Servicers continue to face data management challenges, particularly during loan onboarding and transfers. Blockchain technology may hold the key to resolving those issues.

With blockchain's ability to streamline data distribution procedures, the technology could help make servicing processes more [...]

Welcoming the Year of the Dog

By David L. Harris  –  Associate Managing Editor, Boston Business Journal

Starting today, Boston's newest movie theater, the Kerasotes ShowPlace Icon, will play a starring role as an anchor tenant in the massive One Seaport development in the Seaport [...]

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First District - BOSTON

Residential Real Estate 

Heading into the end of the year, residential real estate markets in the First District showed slight to moderate increases in sales and ongoing struggles with inventory. (Data for all six states refer to changes from November 2016 to November 2017, while [...]

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Residential Real Estate
Residential real estate markets in the First District continued to struggle with a shortage of inventory. All six First District states as well as the Greater Boston area reported large declines in inventory for both single-family homes and condos from February 2016 to February 2017. [...]

Seaport Square ‘cultural corridor’ a response to needs of Boston’s artists, developer says

Replaces plans for larger theater

BY TOM ACITELLI  FEB 17, 2017, 11:00AM EST

WS Development

Apparent demand for smaller cultural spaces in Boston drove the decision to do away with a proposed 200,000-square-foot performing arts center in the last [...]

Boston - First District

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Residential Real Estate
Continuing recent trends, residential real estate markets in the First District showed robust increases in sales and prices relative to last year. Closed sales for single-family homes and condos increased in all six First District states as well as in the Boston [...]