• Mortgage Rates Tick Down to 6.85% as Spring Selling Season Approaches,Keith Griffith

    Mortgage Rates Tick Down to 6.85% as Spring Selling Season Approaches

    Getty ImagesMortgage rates have dipped slightly again for the fifth straight week, bringing some modest relief to prospective homebuyers as spring approaches.The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans dipped to 6.85% for the week ending Feb. 20, down only marginally from 6.87% the prior week, acco

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  • Inside Carmel-by-the-Sea, Where Small Homes Sell for Big Money,Jessica Flint

    Inside Carmel-by-the-Sea, Where Small Homes Sell for Big Money

    Photographs by Helynn Ospina for WSJ On California’s Central Coast, along the Monterey Peninsula, is Carmel-by-the-Sea, an approximately one-square-mile city with a European village feel. Anchored by the white sand, crescent-shaped Carmel Beach, Carmel, as the city is colloquially called, is a walka

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  • Katy Perry Is Slammed as ‘Unforgivable’ for Suing 85-Year-Old Veteran She Evicted From $15 Million Montecito Mansion,Charlie Lankston

    Katy Perry Is Slammed as ‘Unforgivable’ for Suing 85-Year-Old Veteran She Evicted From $15 Million Montecito Mansion

    Samir Hussein/WireImagePop star Katy Perry has been branded “entitled” and “unforgivable” by the family of the 85-year-old veteran she ousted from her $15 million Montecito, CA, mansion—and who she is now suing for $6 million in “lost rental value” and alleged “damage.”Perry, 40, became engaged in a

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