Consumer News Will Lower Mortgage Rates Keep Home Prices High

Mortgage Rates Stable After Fed Rate Cut

The December Federal Reserve meeting may lead to lower mortgage rates, but it's not directly caused by the 25 basis point rate cut. 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

What are today's mortgage interest rates: December 15, 2025?

Want to see how the latest Fed rate cut impacted mortgage rates? Here's what you need to know right now. 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

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

After a slow housing market in 2025, here’s what home buyers and home sellers can expect in 2026. Read More

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

By Sarupya Ganguly BENGALURU, Dec 10 (Reuters) - 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 ... 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

Here are the predictions for the housing market in 2026

The U.S. housing market is poised for a “Great Housing Reset” beginning in 2026, marked not by a sudden correction but by gradual normalization. Af ... 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 loans, savings accounts and investments—and what financial moves to consider ... 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