Mortgage interest rates could now be low enough to support purchase or refinancing activity from borrowers. Getty Images/iStockphoto With the first Federal Reserve meeting since January set to conclude today, homebuyers and owners hoping to refinance will need to contend with both good and bad news. The bad news is that interest rates will remain … Read more
Homebuyers and owners hoping to refinance may want to seriously consider locking in a mortgage rate now. Dmitry Galanternik/IP Galanternik D.U./Getty Images For the first time since January 28, the Federal Reserve will meet today to discuss the future of interest rates, among other items. And homebuyers and homeowners hoping to refinance will be two … Read more
Mortgage interest rates have risen in recent weeks, but can still be affordable for some buyers now. bauhaus1000/Getty Images For the first time since January, the Federal Reserve will meet this week to discuss, among other items, the future of interest rate policy. After reducing its benchmark interest rate three times in the final four … Read more
Today’s mortgage interest rates are significantly improved from where they stood one year ago. Art Wager/Getty Images If you were a borrower considering a home purchase or refinance in 2026, you could be forgiven for starting the year on an optimistic note. The Federal Reserve had just issued three consecutive interest rate cuts in the … Read more
Mortgage interest rates this spring could be low enough to support purchase or refinance activity from borrowers. alabn/Getty Images March began with a series of questions for borrowers, the answers of which had the potential to change the mortgage interest rate climate. Last week, an unemployment report that showed a rise in the rate and … Read more
Today’s mortgage interest rates may be low enough to support purchase or refinancing activity from borrowers. Getty Images/iStockphoto With an unemployment report showing a rise in the rate last week and a new inflation report set to be released on Wednesday, there are plenty of questions surrounding the interest rate climate right now. Add in … Read more
Today’s mortgage interest rates may be low enough to support purchase or refinancing activity from borrowers. Kirpal Kooner/Getty Images Shopping around for mortgage interest rates is integral to the purchase or refinancing process for borrowers. Unfortunately, in recent years, it’s also been a discouraging one, as a combination of high inflation and high interest rates … Read more
Knowing that silver is valuable right now and knowing how to actually invest in it are two very different things. Sheryll Quimosing/Az Jackson/Getty Images When the precious metals market is moving, gold tends to get more than its fair share of attention, and that makes sense. The price of gold has been skyrocketing over the … Read more
Mortgage interest rates may now be low enough to support purchase or refinancing activity from borrowers. carlofranco/Getty Images An unemployment report released on Friday showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February, and that, in turn, caused an increase in the unemployment rate to 4.4%. After a report last month had shown a decline here, … Read more
Voters in three states are headed to the polls Tuesday in a set of primary elections that mark the start of the 2026 midterm cycle — and could highlight internal debates among both Democrats and Republicans over the future of their parties. . Polls closed at 7:30 p.m. ET throughout most of North Carolina. The … Read more