Current mortgage rates are up and higher than they were seven days ago and in early 2025, when the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage reached above 7%. Even though Federal Reserve policy doesn’t ...

Rates for new 30-year loans continue to bob around a bit above the low reached two weeks ago. Rates for several other loan types are also wavering.

Housing inventory growth has been a blessing for the existing home sales market, while builders are struggling with greater ...

For the vast majority of homeowners, there's currently little financial incentive to refinance their mortgages. So far in 2025, average mortgage rates have remained elevated, consistently hovering ...

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U.S., economist warns Is the housing market about to stall the American economy? One economist seems to think so - and he blames high mortgage rates. With home sales sluggish, and home building and ...

"Housing will thus soon be a full-blown headwind to broader economic growth," warns Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi.

FIRST-TIME buyers will be given a ‘leg up’ onto the housing ladder under plans to be announced by the Chancellor today.

MILLIONS of consumers who have been wronged by businesses are to get less compensation for claims under new rules. In a shake-up announced by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), businesses will ...

US President Donald J. Trump says the US Federal Reserve should set its benchmark interest rate at 1% to lower government borrowing costs, allowing the administration to finance the high and rising ...

Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts ...

And Ms Reeves refused to rule out tax rises in an interview yesterday. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: "Labour are ...