mortgage rates
Trump Pushes for Lower Rates and Ban On Investor Home Purchases to Make Homes More Affordable
While touting his plans to open up the housing market to more Americans, Trump stressed that he didn’t want to take any actions that would tip the housing market too far in favor of buyers. read more >
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Average US Long-Term Mortgage Rate Hits Lowest Point In More Than 3 Years
The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate eased to 6.06% this week, down from 6.16% last week. read more >
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2025 US Home Sales Stuck at 30-Year Low as Mortgage Rates, Prices Weigh On Market
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes totaled 4.06 million last year, flat versus 2024, when sales sank to the lowest level since 1995. read more >
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Trump Says He Wants Government to Buy $200B In Mortgage Bonds In a Push to Bring Down Mortgage Rates
The Federal Reserve has in the past bought mortgage bonds during times of economic turmoil in order to help reduce interest rates. read more >
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Long-Term Mortgage Rate Edges Higher but Remains Near 2025 Low
The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week to just above its 2025 low. The average long-term mortgage rate rose to 6.16%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac […] read more >
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Climbs Above 7% to Highest Level Since Late November
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 7.1% from 6.88% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.39%. read more >
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Rises Modestly This Week, Holding Just Below 7%
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose modestly this week, holding below 7% as it has for much of this year. The average rate on a […] read more >
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Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Climbs Back to Nearly 7% After Two-Week Slide
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.87% from 6.74% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.42%. The average rate is now just below where it was two weeks ago. read more >
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February Home Sales Hit Strongest Pace in a Year
The pickup in sales helped push up home prices compared with a year earlier for the eighth month in a row. read more >
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Declines to Levels Last Seen in Early February
Despite the choppy trajectory in mortgage rates this year, the average rate on a 30-year home loan is still down from the 23-year high of 7.79% it reached in late October. read more >
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Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Rises to 6.77%, Highest in 10 Weeks
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose to 6.77% from 6.64% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.32%. read more >
Average Long-Term Mortgage Rates Dip for 9th Straight Week
Some housing economists are forecasting that home sales will increase next year, on the assumption that mortgage rates ease further. read more >
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Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Falls to 7.22%
The latest decline brought the average rate on a 30-year mortgage down to 7.22% from 7.29% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.49%. read more >
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Edged Up to 7.18% This Week
The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan rose to 7.18% from 7.12% last week, according to Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac on Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.02%. read more >
A Hard Sell: Home Prices Soar While Sales Plummet
Rising mortgage rates and low inventory hit Arkansas home sales hard. read more >
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Every Cloud … (Editorial)
We know an editor who says her favorite word is “context.” She is a good editor. read more >
Average Long-Term US Mortgage Rate Falls to 6.78% This Week
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell to 6.78% from 6.96% last week. A year ago, the rate averaged 5.54%. read more >
With Inventory Near Historic Low, Home Sales Fall to Slowest Pace Since January
Sales sank 18.9% compared with June last year. That makes it 11 consecutive months of annual sales declines of 20% or more. read more >
Home Sales Inch Up in May Amid Record-Low Inventory, Falling Prices
The national median home price fell 3.1% from May last year to $396,100, the NAR said. The year-over-year decline is the biggest since December 2011. read more >
US Home Sales Fell in March in Tepid Homebuying Season Start
Existing home sales fell 2.4% last month from February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.44 million, the National Association of Realtors said Thursday. read more >
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