Average US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.89 percent; 15-year loan up to 3.09 percent – Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week after a sharp drop the previous week, as global markets continued to whipsaw amid economic disruption in China and uncertainty over Federal Reserve interest-rate policy.

Foreclosures Down – Investor Challenges – CoreLogic.com has released their June 2015 Foreclosure Report, and it shows that foreclosures continue to decline in number.

Hidden Divorce Penalty Is Older Age Poverty – Divorced women who deferred their education to put husbands through school or moved multiple times to enable their husbands to move up the career ladder are at special risk. So are those who gave up jobs to raise children.