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Higher rates lead to drop in mortgage applications

It didn't take much to stem the miniboom in mortgage refinancing. Slightly higher interest rates brought total loan application volume down 9 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association …

Self-employed? How to get a mortgage

Being your own boss can come with a host of perks such as setting your own dress code (read: pajamas), a flexible schedule and a cubicle-less existence. But one financial benefit — tax write-offs — morphs into an ugly disadvantage when self-employed workers try to get a mortgage.