We got a 2.6% mortgage rate this year to buy our first home. Here's how we did it.

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Grace Lucchese and Mickey Ricard scored a low mortgage interest rate for the house outside Boston they bought in January.

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The US wants to boost affordable housing by using billions in unspent COVID aid

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The one big thing keeping interest rates high

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Rent is not getting cheaper for many Americans and could have a huge impact on what the Fed does in 2024.

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If Trump is reelected, Americans are planning to flee in droves

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After November, Europe could well become what Canada was for draft dodgers during the Vietnam War: a political asylum for Americans fed up with their own country.

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An Italian town that offered $1 homes was transformed by an influx of remote workers and tourism

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A welcome sign for Mussomeli in Sicily, Italy.

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I regret moving to Florida. Living here felt like paradise — until everything changed.

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Cassie Leigh bought a house in Tampa in 2018.

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This 3D printed home in Detroit can be yours for $224,500 — see what it's like inside the 2-bedroom house

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Citizen Robotics completed

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I bought my first house in rural Scotland at 22. Housing is affordable in the countryside and I love it here.

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Simran Kaur loves countryside living in Kilmarnock, Scotland, where she moved after studying in Glasgow for four years.

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I retired from Amazon at 34 and chose to settle in Canada, where I only need $1,000 a month to live well

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Grigory Lukin retired in his early 30s and moved from the US to Canada.

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The mortgage 'lock-in' effect is here to stay and home prices won't fall for years to come, research firm says

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The lock-in effect isn't going away as inventory remains tight and demand returns.

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