Freddie Mac reports its Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.95% this week, ...

Mortgage rates might drift downward in February after bumping against a ceiling in January.The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage ...

Freddie Mac’s average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan was 6.95% for the week ending January 30, virtually unchanged from a ...

The federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates are often expected to move together, but they haven’t lately. Here’s why.

AM Durable Goods Durable Goods Orders measure the change in the total value of new orders for long-lasting manufactured goods ...

Mortgage rates topped 7% this week, a key psychological threshold, in a sign of the US housing market’s unrelenting ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which back conforming mortgages ... We learned yesterday that U.S. consumer confidence fell sharply in January, reaching its lowest point in four months, driven ...

“Mortgage rates ticked up for the fifth consecutive week and crossed 7% for the first time since May of 2024,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “The underlying strength of the economy ...

The average rate on the most popular home loan reached 7.09% for the week ending Jan. 16 — the highest level since May, according to a report released Thursday by Freddie Mac. The higher ...

These changes provide Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises ... which showed a significant increase in the Prices Index, signaling higher inflation pressures. At the same time, the November ...

In 2024, 20% tried the “no spend challenge,” according to a Chime survey. In 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported that ...