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  "id": 12610141,
  "title": "US Mortgage Rates Jump to 7.49%, Highest in Nearly Three Years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/us-mortgage-rates-jump-to-7-49-highest-in-nearly-three-years",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-07T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-07/us-mortgage-rates-jump-to-7-49-highest-in-nearly-three-years"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "US mortgage rates climbed for a seventh straight week to their highest level in nearly three years, compounding the nation’s affordability problem.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "US 30-year mortgage rate hits highest in nearly three years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/us-30-year-mortgage-rate-hits-highest-in-nearly-three-years",
        "published": "2026-10-07T12:10:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "US 30-year mortgage rate hits highest in nearly three years",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/us-30-year-mortgage-rate-hits-highest-in-nearly-three-years-12624350",
        "published": "2026-10-07T12:27:13.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}