With mortgage rates likely to stay elevated for now, it makes sense to focus on what you can control. Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images It’s been a bumpy ride for mortgage rates this year, to say the least. At the end of February, rates on 30-year mortgages finally fell below the 6% mark, but they’ve since ticked … Read more
Surging mortgage rates are threatening to wash out the spring homebuying season. The rate on a conventional 30-year home loan rose to 6.46%, its highest level since September 2025, Freddie Mac said Thursday. Borrowing costs have jumped sharply in recent weeks after having dipped below 6% in late February. The Iran war is exerting further upward … Read more
A recent rise in mortgage interest rates needs to be approached strategically by homebuyers. Pornpimone Audkamkong/Getty Images Average mortgage interest rates are on the rise again. After declining comfortably into the 5% range in February, rates here rose last week, thanks to a combination of uneven unemployment and inflation reports and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty. And … Read more
There are some important things that homebuyers should avoid this month, before the March Federal Reserve meeting begins. Pamela Albin Moore/fstop123/Getty Images With the first Federal Reserve meeting since January just days away, homebuyers find themselves stuck in a holding pattern. There was no interest rate cut when the bank met previously this year, but … Read more
There are some strategic moves for homebuyers to consider making now, before the March Fed meeting. Getty Images/iStockphoto For the first time since January, the Federal Reserve is set to meet again this month to discuss monetary policy and the future of interest rates. While the former is important, the latter is clearly where millions … Read more
President Trump renewed his call to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, the same day Democrats offered their own proposal to crack down on the practice. But experts say neither plan is likely to do much to make homes more affordable. Mr. Trump first floated … Read more