Consumer News Will Lower Mortgage Rates Keep Home Prices High

How low could mortgage rates fall by the end of 2025? Experts weigh in

Mortgage rates under 6% aren't entirely outside the realm of possibility. Here's what some experts are now expecting. Read More

Mortgage rates edge higher for a second straight week

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.34%, up from 6.30% last week, though still below its 52-week average of 6.71%. Nearly one in five homes a ... Read More

Average long-term US mortgage rate slips to 6.27%, nearing a low for 2025

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage declined again this week, easing to just above its lowest level this year. Read More

When Will Mortgage Rates Go Down? The Answer's Not As Simple As You Think

Predicting future mortgage rates trends is a difficult task for economists, especially when U.S. fiscal policy remains unpredictable. Read More

Mortgage Rates Today: October 16, 2025 – Rates Hold Firm

The current average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.27% with an APR of 6.30%, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year fixed mortgage has an average rate of 5.34% with an ... Read More

Mortgage rate today: Can the President really change mortgage rates? Here’s how it impacts your home loan

Mortgage rate today, October 8, 2025, is inching lower. The 30-year fixed mortgage offers a small relief for homebuyers and those refinancing. While the President can’t set rates directly, policies on ... Read More

How the Fed's rate cut impacts mortgage rates

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hoping that mortgage rates will keep dropping ... While lower rates give home shoppers more purchasing power, mortgage rates remain too high for many Americans to afford to buy a ... Read More

30-year fixed mortgage set to fall sharply as Fed rate-cut hopes rise — turning point for homeowners to refinance and save big?

Mortgage rates are falling. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate is near 6.3%. This is a significant drop from over 7% earlier this year. Experts predict further declines if the Federal Reserve cuts ... Read More

Fed Still Poised to Cut Rates, but Worries Mount Over US Data Vacuum

New risks have emerged as well, including loan loss disclosures by two banks that rattled stock markets, and renewed U.S.-China trade tensions that could upend what Fed officials had hoped was ... Read More

Trump Says Inflation Is 'Defeated' and the Fed Has Cut Rates, Yet Prices Remain Too High for Many

The Fed may be taking an even bigger gamble: It has cut its key interest rate on the assumption that the Trump administration's tariffs will only cause a temporary bump up in inflation. If that turns ... Read More

Mortgage rates move closer to 6% — and the forecast is getting sunnier

Mortgage rates for 30-year conforming loans have fallen to 6.33%, with jumbo and FHA loans also seeing declines. Fannie Mae forecasts rates to reach 5.9% by the end of 2026, while the Fed is expected ... Read More