Consumer News Will Lower Mortgage Rates Keep Home Prices High

Fed rate cut brings lower credit card costs while mortgage relief lags

The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates for a third time in 2025. What's next for borrowers and consumers? Read More

What can we expect to happen to mortgage rates in the New Year?

There's good and bad news for home shoppers hoping for lower mortgage rates in 2026 — they're likely to fall more in the new year but shouldn't drop much below 6.0%, if they reach that. But the ... Read More

Will home prices and mortgage rates go down next year? Your 2026 real estate forecast.

Nationally, Fannie Mae expects home-price growth to slow from a 4.4% annual gain in 2024 and 2.5% rate in 2025 to a 1.3% pace in 2026. Realtor.com expects home prices to grow 2.2% next year. Zillow ... Read More

Why Jerome Powell’s latest rate cut still won’t help you get a lower mortgage rate

Since this rate cut was no surprise, the markets have taken it in stride,” 43-year mortgage industry veteran Melissa Cohn told Fortune. Read More

From mortgage rates to home prices, here are 7 things Zillow’s home trends expert says to expect of the housing market in 2026

From design choices like what color you should paint your bathroom walls to features that can increase a seller’s home value, Amanda Pendleton, Zillow’s home trends expert, directs research on real ... Read More

US home price rises to stay modest as mortgage rates stick: Reuters poll

U.S. home prices will rise just 1.4% in 2026 after a similar performance this year, a Reuters poll of property experts showed on Wednesday, the slowest annual pace in 14 years despite expectations for ... Read More

Mortgage rates fall sharply on expectations of a Fed rate cut. Will they keep on dropping from here?

Further drops in mortgage rates could bring more buyers back into the market The housing market has been stuck in a rut because of high mortgage rates and home prices. Mortgage rates took a dive on ... Read More

The Fed Made Its Third Cut of the Year. Here’s What Borrowers and Savers Can Expect

Here’s how the central bank’s latest cut will affect rates. Read More

Is a 50-year mortgage the answer to the housing crisis?

Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 50-year mortgage as a possible solution to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. Speaking recently about ways to ease the financial strain on ... Read More

The Fed just cut interest rates for the sixth time. Here’s why you’re not seeing much of a difference in your loans

Thanks to its latest decision on Wednesday – its final one for 2025 – the Federal Reserve has now reduced its key overnight lending rate by 1.75 percentage points since it began its rate-cutting cycle ... Read More