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When you own your own home, you don’t have to deal with unreasonable landlords. (Warning: uncensored.) And then there are those who own their own homes that have no mortgage: almost 40 percent of Americans own their places outright, an all-time high. Do you think that you could live in 200 square feet? There are tiny homes, and then there is this place that kind of folds up! (Thank you to Arch’s Sharon K. for sending this along.) Meanwhile, among lenders there are many reports of, what is in effect, pick-a-pay, when the “referral” source is moved within the company....

Homeowners are growing more reluctant to sell their houses—and it’s not just the “lock-in” effect of today’s high mortgage rates keeping them there, a recent poll found.

The Fed’s efforts to stay out of partisan politics could end up putting its independence in danger.

The 'golden handcuffs' of having a mortgage with a comparatively low rate isn't necessarily why homeowners aren't listing their homes, Fannie Mae says

Fannie Mae researchers say rising mortgage rates aren't the only reason homeowners have been reluctant to sell, and rates coming back down won't necessarily produce a flood of for-sale listings.