boston: Mortgage Rates Hit 12 Month Highs Driven by Trump, Yellen Expectations
- 11/22/16 01:36 AM
BOSTON, MA – Mortgage rates have recently reached their highest levels in the past 12 months with 30 year fixed rates now approaching 4%. The last time mortgage rates were this high was on Dec. 12, 2015, when rates were 3.97%. The increase in rates is generally being attributed to favorable business expectations in light of President-elect Donald Trump’s announced tax and business initiatives which have pushed the Dow Jones 30 stock average to record levels above 19,000. Also, recent remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen have made it a foregone conclusion that the Fed will be raising interest rates in … (0 comments)
boston: Cambridge Tops MA Election List for Clinton, Also High on Marijuana
- 11/11/16 07:52 AM
Cambridge Tops MA Election List as #1 for Clinton, Also High on Marijuana Top 5 Clinton 5 List in MetroWest Also Includes Brookline, Somerville, Boston, and Newton BOSTON, MA – What’s the most liberal city or town in Greater Boston/MetroWest? If you guessed Cambridge, you’d be spot on. As with Obama in 2012, Cambridge tops a local list with the greatest percentage margin for the Democratic candidate in 2016 with 89.2% voting for Hilary Clinton versus Donald Trump. That’s even more than the 86.1% of Cambridge voters who voted for President Obama in 2012. Cambridge ranked second in a summary of local rankings of … (0 comments)
boston: New 'Smartest School' Rankings Spark Debate Over Best Schools
- 09/16/16 01:18 AM
Our recently released "SAT" rankings of Greater Boston's 'smartest' public high schools based exclsuively on SAT scores turn the tables on this year’s Boston Magazine rankings (September 2016): by ranking schools using their graduating students’ SAT scores – a singularly quantifiable benchmark as compared with Boston Magazine’s much broader criteria – 6 schools made the list that weren’t in Boston Magazine’s top 25 and 13 schools moved 5 spots or more, comprising more than half of Boston Magazine’s top 25. The new SAT rankings put Lexington High in 1st place with an average combined SAT score of 1,908 for its recent … (0 comments)
BOSTON, MA – Mortgage rates have recently reached their highest levels in the past 12 months with 30 year fixed rates now approaching 4%. The last time mortgage rates were this high was on Dec. 12, 2015, when rates were 3.97%.
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