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Interest rates for long-term mortgages rose this week to their highest levels since March, pushed up by the threat of inflation.

Interest rates for long-term mortgages rose this week to their highest levels since March, pushed up by the threat of inflation.

Interest rates for long-term mortgages rose this week to their highest levels since March, pushed up by the threat of inflation.

Interest rates for long-term mortgages rose this week to their highest levels since March, pushed up by the threat of inflation.

Months after many eager homeowners started gearing up to refinance their mortgages, interest rates for Bay Area-size mortgages are finally falling. Vote: Will you refi? | Search local real estate transactions

Months after many eager homeowners started gearing up to refinance their mortgages, interest rates for Bay Area-size mortgages are finally falling.

Months after many eager homeowners starting gearing up to refinance their mortgages, interest rates for Bay Area-sized mortgages are finally falling.

Months after many eager homeowners starting gearing up to refinance their mortgages, interest rates for Bay Area-sized mortgages are finally falling.

The Mortgage Bankers Assn. says the measure would raise interest rates, but critics contend this claim is based on faulty data. Sherrie Floyd says she was able to handle the first reset on the $505,000 mortgage she had taken out to refinance her Vallejo, Calif., home. And the second.

A Hispanic homeowner sued Lehman Brothers Bank on Thursday, accusing the lender of charging minority mortgage applicants higher fees and interest rates than white customers.