The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate came off its lowest level in three and a half years this week, as bond yields marched higher following a spike in oil prices due to the war with Iran. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate ticked up to 6% from 5.98% last week, mortgage buyer ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks sank on Wall Street Thursday after the price of oil spiked to its highest level since the summer of 2024 because of the war with Iran. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% and erased what had been a small gain for the year so far. The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly ...

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CRYSTAL FALLS — Michael O’Grady, owner of Northwoods Painting Services LLC in Crystal Falls, just wants to be his own boss and paint people’s houses really well. He likes taking something “that could potentially be a nasty situation and transforming it so they can use the space again ...