What are today’s mortgage interest rates: March 31, 2026?

Today’s mortgage interest rates look different for buyers and owners hoping to refinance compared to February. Kirpal Kooner/Getty Images Borrowers who entered March hopeful that mortgage interest rates would continue to decline unimpeded encountered a discouraging climate. Unemployment rose, inflation progress stalled and the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold (again). Combined with uncertainty …

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King Charles to Pay State Visit to US as UK Seeks to Mollify Trump

LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) – King Charles will make a state visit to the ⁠United ⁠States in late April, Buckingham Palace said on ⁠Tuesday, a high-profile trip that the British government hopes will help to repair relations with Donald Trump, damaged ​by the Iran war. Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will visit the U.S. …

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Israeli Strikes Kill Five in Gaza Strip, Medics Say

CAIRO, March 31 (Reuters) – Israeli strikes ⁠killed ⁠at least five ⁠people in the Gaza Strip in two ​separate attacks on Tuesday, health officials said, in the ‌latest violence overshadowing a ‌fragile five-months-old U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. Medics said an Israeli ⁠airstrike ⁠in Jabalia, north of the enclave, killed at least ​three people earlier in the …

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King Charles III to visit the U.S. in late April, Buckingham Palace confirms

London — Britain’s King Charles III will make a state visit to the U.S. in late April, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, confirming a trip that officials told CBS News earlier this month to expect in the coming weeks. The sources told CBS News that King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands would also visit Washington, staying at …

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French Senate Debates Social Media Ban for Children Under 15

PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) – French senators vote on ⁠Tuesday ⁠on a draft law that aims ⁠to ban social media access for children under the age of 15, ​joining countries around the world in considering a move unpopular with many teenagers but supported by some parents ‌and teachers. President Emmanuel Macron wants the ‌law in …

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Look at Hong Kong and Don’t Be Naive About China, US Senator Says on Taiwan Trip

TAIPEI, March 31 (Reuters) – Taiwan should look at what happened ⁠to ⁠Hong Kong and not be ⁠naive about China’s intentions, U.S. Senator Thom Tillis said on Tuesday ​during a visit by U.S. lawmakers to discuss stalled defence spending. Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s proposed $40 billion in ‌extra defence spending, which has been ‌backed by …

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Suspect in Attack on Russia’s Prague Cultural Centre Turns Himself In

PRAGUE, March 31 (Reuters) – ⁠A ⁠foreign national has ⁠turned himself in to ​Czech police, admitting that he threw ‌petrol bombs at the ‌building of a ⁠Russian ⁠culture centre in Prague last week, police ​said on Tuesday. Police did not further identify the suspect detained on ​Monday. “It is a foreigner who, according ⁠to his …

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