2025 Mortgage Rate Forecast: Here's Why You Shouldn't Bet on Lower Rates This Year
Last year, the path to lower mortgage rates seemed relatively straightforward: Official inflation would go down, the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates and the cost of borrowing would gradually ease in 2025.
Mortgage rates aren't likely to fall any time soon — here’s why
Mortgage rates have more than doubled from recent lows in 2021. They're not poised to fall much any time soon, economists said.
Mortgage rates rise above 7% for first time since May
Mortgage rates rose again for the sixth straight week, with the average 30-year fixed-rate note topping 7% for the first time since May as the housing market continues to struggle.
Mortgage Rates Top 7% for First Time Since Mid-2024
Higher rates are dimming hopes for a recovery in the sluggish housing market.
2025 Mortgage Rate Forecast: What Another Trump Presidency Means for Rates
During his campaign, Trump repeatedly claimed that mortgage rates will return to lows of around 3% (rates are more than double that today), yet experts say that the president is n
Mortgage Rates Today: January 22, 2025 – Rates Move Down
Today, the mortgage interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.97%, according to the Mortgage Research Center, while the average rate on a 15-year mortgage is 6.01%. On a 30-year jumbo mortgage, the average rate is 7.
Mortgage rates retreat, still above 7%
Mortgage rates declined this week, with the 30-year fixed rate averaging 7.06 percent, according to Bankrate’s latest lender survey. Still, since the Federal Reserve began cutting interest rates in September,
Home sales stall as 7% mortgage rates return
Mortgage rates are back above 7%, and that’s slowing an already sluggish housing market with potential buyers choosing to wait on the sidelines to start the year. Home sales have stalled in January, down 10% in the most recent week compared to a year ago,
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Mortgage rates have climbed above 7%. Here's how we got here and what it means
Mortgage rates hit 7% for the first time since May 2024 on Thursday, providing another drag in an already tough housing ...
Donald Trump Has a Housing Market Problem
As Trump is set to take office, he'll be inheriting a troublesome housing market where affordability continues to erode for ...
Mortgage rates climb above 7%; what does that mean for housing market?
Higher interest rates add to problems with affordability that have hammered the housing market for the last two years. Prices ...
DFW 2025 Housing Market Outlook: Rates to remain steady, prices expected to rise
If you were waiting for mortgage interest rates to drop before buying a home, experts suggest you might want to follow the projections of national housing economists.
Trump wants to fix the housing affordability crisis: What it will take
The Trump administration announced plans to make housing more affordable, citing regulatory requirements as a main driver for why so Americans are unable to purchase homes.
Mortgage rates climb above 7% to highest level since May
Mortgage rates topped 7% this week, a key psychological threshold, in a sign of the US housing market’s unrelenting ...
Q1 2025 mortgage rates: 30-year fixed loans to average 6.7%
Mortgage rates are likely to remain elevated through at least the first half of the year, keeping sales of previously owned homes subdued.
Mortgage rates climb above 7%, risking a prolonged freeze for the housing market
Mortgage rates crept back over 7% to start the new year in a troublesome development for the housing market that has ...