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This week’s top story: What Visa’s upcoming changes might mean for your wallet. In other news: HELOC to pay kid’s college tuition or not, weekly mortgage rates dip, and what women should know about their investing power and needs.

What Visa’s Upcoming Changes Might Mean for Your Wallet
Combining multiple payment methods onto one ‘credential’ is one way Visa is trying to make the spending experience seamless.

Should You Use a HELOC to Pay Your Kid’s College Tuition?
Home equity could provide an ample source of college funding, but borrowing against it is a financially risky move.

Weekly Mortgage Rates Dip, Hopes of Multiple Rate Cuts Wane
Average fixed mortgage rates fell slightly this week, with the 30-year rate continuing last week’s dip below 7%.

What Women Should Know About Their Investing Power and Needs
Women face different challenges, and some advantages, when it comes to managing their money over the long term.

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This week’s top story: Weekly mortgage rates dip, home price gains soften. In other news: New digital nomads on the block: families, why you should consider train travel in Europe, and 3 steps to take after transferring a balance to a new credit card.

Weekly Mortgage Rates Dip, Home Price Gains Soften
The drop brings the 30-year fixed rate to about where it was two weeks ago and slightly under May’s monthly average of 7.01%.

There Are New Digital Nomads on the Block: Families
As the cost of living rises in many places, full-time family travel can cost about the same as staying put.

Why You Should Consider Train Travel in Europe
You can easily travel through Europe by train because of its well-developed route network.

3 Steps to Take After Transferring a Balance to a New Credit Card
Moving the debt is just the first step. Have a game plan for paying down the balance before the interest-free period ends.

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This week’s top story: June mortgage rates. In other news: Some big stores are cutting prices to woo back grocery shoppers, rename your ’emergency fund’ if that suits your saving style, and first-time home buyer affordability report – Q1 2024.

June Mortgage Rates: Calm at Takeoff, Then Subject to Turbulence
Mortgage rates probably won’t vary much in the first week and a half of June. But starting June 12, it’s anyone’s guess what rates will do.

Some Big Stores Are Cutting Prices to Woo Back Grocery Shoppers
With grocery prices stabilizing, retailers like Target and Walmart are touting summer discounts on an array of items.

Rename Your ‘Emergency Fund’ if That Suits Your Saving Style
Whatever you choose to call your short-term savings account might help you use it more effectively. Here’s how experts suggest you approach it.

First-Time Home Buyer Affordability Report – Q1 2024
In the first quarter, prices didn’t rise, but they also didn’t come down.

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This week’s top story: April mortgage rates will be stuck in neutral as inflation idles. In other news: Certain borrowers should consolidate their federal student loans by April 30 to get forgiveness, defaulting on a car loan, and what a Kroger-Albertsons merger could mean for grocery shoppers.

April Mortgage Rates Will Be Stuck in Neutral as Inflation Idles
Mortgage rates shouldn’t change much in April, as inflation remains stubbornly elevated.

Do This by April 30 if You Want Loan Forgiveness This Year
Certain borrowers should consolidate their federal student loans by April 30 to get forgiveness — or move a lot closer to it.

What Happens If I Default on My Car Loan?
Defaulting on a car loan can lead to late fees, a dip in your credit and even vehicle repossession.

What a Kroger-Albertsons Merger Could Mean for Grocery Shoppers
Antitrust experts fear the deal, which would be the largest grocery merger in U.S. history, would harm workers and consumers alike.

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This week’s top story: Mortgage rates will not fall in March. In other news: Rental housing prices 2024, why some millennials don’t want kids, and managing credit cards when you grew up in a cash-only household.

When Will Mortgage Rates Fall? Probably Not in March
Mortgage rates are expected to go down sometime in 2024, but the decline probably won’t start in March.

Will Rental Housing Prices Drop in 2024?
Rental inflation is slowing down, but prices are expected to stay elevated in 2024.

Why Don’t Some Millennials Want Kids? They Say It’s Too Expensive
A new NerdWallet survey finds that just 25% of millennials who don’t have kids plan to have them. A major reason why? The high cost of raising children.

Managing Credit Cards When You Grew Up in a Cash-Only Household
Debt-averse relatives may not understand your choices, but it’s OK to forge your own financial path.