REAL ESTATE

US mortgage rates

New numbers for the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage will be released Thursday. Last week, Freddie Mac reported the average 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage fell to 3.95 percent from 4.02 percent the week before.

EVENT

InnovateHER 2017

The Center for Women & Enterprise is hosting a pitch competition to find innovative products and services that fill a need in the marketplace and have potential for commercialization. Attendees will have the opportunity to pitch their product or service and network with like-minded individuals. Registration is required. Thursday, 4 to 8 p.m., Center For Women & Enterprise, 24 School St., Boston. Free.

ROUND TABLE

Veteran entrepreneurs

Come to a round table discussion for military veteran business founders. Attendees will discuss how to find co-founders and technical talent; how to raise capital; and how to pitch ideas. Thursday, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Cambridge Innovation Center, 5th floor, 1 Broadway, Cambridge. Free.

CLASS

Programming as a way of thinking

Attend a class on how to understand abstract ideas by expressing them through code. Attendees will learn how to draw on coding knowledge to understand statistics, mechanics, and digital signal processing. Thursday, 6:15 to 8:30 p.m., Microsoft Office, 5 Wayside Road, Burlington.

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