Mortgage rates dipped slightly last week, but so did mortgage demand, as housing affordability continues to sideline ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been a bit lower this month, and they could drop again ...

Rates on 30-year new purchase loans ended last week 5 basis points lower than the previous Friday, dipping to a 6.79% average. That's now the cheapest weekly average of 2025. Compared to five weeks ...

Lower mortgage rates cap off a wild week for the market, just in time for consumers shopping for houses over the long holiday weekend.

This does not influence our opinions or our ratings, which are editorially independent. Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the ...

Though new purchase mortgage rates saw welcome declines in late November and early December, they bolted higher around Christmas—and then higher still in mid-January. But the last four weeks have ...

If you look at the biggest industry forecasts, analysts predict that mortgage rates will either hold steady or drop slightly ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are down today, but new inflation and jobs data could push them back up.

It's below a recent peak of 37.2% in October 2023, when mortgage interest rates stood at 7.62%. But high rates and prices don ...

The base rate is influential in determining the cost of mortgages and loans as well as ... claims that it's a "sure bet" the Bank will reduce rates down to 4.5%. He highlighted several indicators ...

"Mortgage rates are not going to come down as much as we had expected, and affordability will still be a challenge," said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at real estate agency Bright MLS.

This would bring mortgage rates down near 6%, which would undoubtedly drive a strong recovery in home sales. In my 2025 forecast, I predicted that average spreads would improve to between 0.27% ...