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Homebuyers in today's market are faced with mortgage rates stubbornly stuck in the 6% range. With an unclear inflation and trade war outlook, the Fed is in no hurry to cut rates. Redfin believes ...

Nevada has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the country. This isn’t the news drivers or body shops want to hear. "We can only do so much in order to survive because we still have ...

The new federal student loan interest rates for 2025–2026 will likely come with some of the highest interest rates in decades. While the latest rates will likely dip slightly from last year’s ...

Mortgage rates remained flat this week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac's latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed that the average rate on the ...

President Trump tore into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell early Thursday, a day after the central bank opted to hold interest rates steady — bucking calls from the president to lower ...

Mortgage rates have dropped over the early months of 2025, offering homebuyers an opportunity for some borrowing relief if they move ahead with the big-ticket purchase. The housing market remains ...

When Fed speakers have recently referred to those two mandates being in tension, they mean the potential drag on the economy from tariffs and tighter fiscal policy argues in favor of lower rates ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday between 4.25% and 4.5% – exactly as interest-rate traders' bets had predicted a month ago. The traders' bets are now predicting there's ...

fizkes / Getty Images After an April of roller coaster swings, 30-year refinance rates have been bobbing in a narrow range for the last week. Dipping 2 basis points Thursday, the flagship refi ...

Mortgage rates usually drop in a recession, but by exactly how much depends on the circumstances of the economic downturn. Although interest rates on mortgages may trend lower in a recession ...

Our opinions are our own. Here is a list of our partners. Mortgage rates might pogo up and down in May. By the end of the month, they could rise due to tariff-related inflation or fall in response ...