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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years, pushing up borrowing costs for homebuyers already challenged by a housing market that remains competitive due to a dearth of homes for sale.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 7.09 percent from 6.96 percent last week. A year ago, the rate averaged 5.13 percent.Its the fourth consecutive weekly increase for the average rate and the highest since early April 2002, when it averaged 7.13 percent. The last time the average rate was above 7
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JERUSALEM 鈥?Israel attorney general says he has decided to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a series of corruption charges.Avichai Mandelblit said Thursday he has accepted the police recommendations to file charges against Netanyahu in three different cases, pending a final hearing.In a Justice Ministry statement, Mandelblit says he plans to charge Netanyahu with bribery for promoting regulatory changes worth hundreds of millions of dollars to telecom giant Bezeq in return for positive press coverage in Bezeq popular subsidiary news site Walla.He
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jordan Left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister s office in Jerusalem on May 6, 2018. Jim Hollander/Pool via Reuters Related Israel launches privately funded moon mission on SpaceX rocket By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press
