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Where do mortgage rates go from here?
Our mortgage rates forecast examines where rates could go for the remainder of 2025 based on yields and spreads.
Have lower mortgage rates already changed the housing market?
This weekend’s tracker focuses on how lower mortgage rates have changed the supply and demand data lines since mid-June.
Help exists for cash-strapped homebuyers — but many don’t know it
Three experts — a former agent, an economist and a down payment program founder — talk about the decline in housing affordability and what help is out there.
Mortgage rates go wild following Fed rate cut and Powell remarks
Mortgage rates rose 15 basis points today following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments at the Fed press event Wednesday.
How will lenders recalibrate as Fed signals path to lower rates?
Mortgage lenders are recalibrating ahead of the Federal Reserve’s anticipated monetary easing cycle, rolling out rate promotions, streamlining operations and broadening product menus.
Have Fed rate cuts already been priced into mortgage rates?
Last week, mortgage rates hit a new low for 2025, as the labor market proved more critical to the bond market than inflation. The big question is: what will happen after the Fed cuts rates this week? Last year at this time, mortgage rates hit a yearly low of nearly 6% and the Fed cut […]
Investor home purchases hit lowest second-quarter level since 2020
The decline comes as investors face the same pressures as individual buyers; high borrowing costs, elevated prices and economic uncertainty.
Homeownership among Black Americans drops to 4-year low
Results were down roughly 1.5% from this time last year and marked the steepest annual decline since the third quarter of 2021.
Fannie Mae: Consumer housing sentiment slips in August
More positive outlooks for mortgage rates and homebuying conditions were not enough to offset declines in seller sentiment, home-price expectations, household income growth and job security.