Tag: Mortgages
R.I. mortgage delinquency rate remains 2.9% in April
PROVIDENCE – The share of mortgages in delinquency 30 days or more in Rhode Island was 2.9% in April, same as it was a...
June pause in rate hikes would be close call for Fed...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve officials were divided earlier this month on whether to pause their interest rate hikes at their upcoming meeting in...
Average long-term U.S., mortgage rate falls to lowest level in 5...
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The average rate on a long-term U.S. home loan is down to the lowest level in five weeks, welcome news for...
R.I. mortgage delinquency rate drops to 2.8% in January
PROVIDENCE – The share of mortgages in delinquency 30 days or more in Rhode Island was 2.8% in January, down from 3.2% in the...
The ethics of homeownership in an age of inequality
For many Americans today, homeownership is an unattainable dream.
In 2022, the average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to 7% for the first time in...
U.S. consumer inflation eased to 7.7% over past 12 months
WASHINGTON (AP) – Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the...
R.I. mortgage delinquency rate dips to 3.3% in December
PROVIDENCE – The share of mortgages in delinquency 30 days or more in Rhode Island was 3.3% in December, a decline from 5.6% a...
BankNewport opens Warwick branch
NEWPORT – BankNewport has come to Warwick, commemorating the opening of its newest branch with a ribbon-cutting event on Nov. 30.
The new branch at...
Kennedy made a Beeline out of the legal world
Jessica Kennedy has gone from Florida to Boston to Rhode Island and from the workaday rat race to helping others out of the often-blood-boiling...
Five Questions With: Mary E. Noons
Mary E. Noons is executive vice president and chief retail lending officer for The Washington Trust Co. She has more than 25 years of...