Average US long-term mortgage rate dips to 6.01%, lowest level in more than 3 years
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slipped this week to its lowest level in more than three years, but remains around 6% in the same narrow range it has been in this year
February 19, 2026
Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000-page novel
Zillow settles FTC claims it paid Redfin to stop competing on apartment listings
Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas
Wall Street opens lower as high-stakes Iran, inflation tests loom
Washington Post ordered to reinstate columnist Karen Attiah, NYT reports
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Museum heists have turned more violent, with thieves hired on social media, Europol says