Slower home-price growth this year should provide some breathing room for financially stressed buyers. But affordability will ...

The word of the year is uncertainty. And while interest rates are always a major factor in the market, this year interest ...

More homeowners are refinancing their homes, even as mortgage rates remain elevated, seemingly a contradiction. For some, it can be a way to unlock the value of their homes as prices soar.

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Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Mortgage rates tend to fluctuate day by day. So if you’re planning to buy a home, it’s a good idea to keep a close watch on ...

MBA vice president Joel Kan noted that three weeks of higher mortgage rates has cooled the pace of applications. While rates are still solidly down from where they were a year ago, some buyers may ...

The states with the cheapest mortgage payments are concentrated in the Midwest and the South, according to a recent Realtor.com report.

Mortgage interest rates slipped lower over the past week, settling at the lowest level of 2025, but remaining elevated enough ...

"For example, in 2020 you could lock in a mortgage rate between 2-3% easily. Nowadays mortgage rates are closer to 6-7%. If the Fed stops raising rates then I'd anticipate mortgage rates to also ...

The recent absence of volatility in day-to-day mortgage rate movement has been an easy target for light-hearted indignation among market watchers. But to be fair, if rates had been moving ...