The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage was 7.18% yesterday, a decrease of 0.03% since the day before. The 15-year fixed ...

The Fed will announce this afternoon whether it's changing general interest rates. As importantly, it might hint about a ...

Warsh has a controversial opinion on "forward guidance," which is how the Fed communicates what it's expecting in the future.

Mortgage rates start the week in a good place: at their lowest since Sep. 24. Two critical events in the next few days could send them either even lower or higher. The first is the Federal Reserve's ...

Mortgage rates barely budged yesterday, so they remain at their lowest since Sep. 24. Monday morning's Barron's Daily e-newsletter summed up the current situation for markets: "Welcome to what could ...

Helping your child buy a home can come with unexpected tax implications, mortgage requirements, and financial risks. Here's ...

Stocks have overtaken homes as a share of Americans' wealth, raising concerns about what could happen if the AI-driven stock ...

Yesterday, we wondered whether signs of an imminent escalation in the Middle East conflict might push mortgage rates higher on Thursday. Those signs pushed oil prices higher, but the bond investors ...

The Federal Reserve meets a week from today to decide whether to hike general interest rates. And there's little on the economic calendar over the coming seven days that's likely to affect mortgage ...

Iowa offers plenty of appealing places to call home, from the energy of Des Moines and the college-town atmosphere of Iowa City to the state’s many small, welcoming communities. But for countless ...

We were excited when we read a Wall Street Journal headline last week: A New Type of Mortgage Is Reviving Long Abandoned Neighborhoods. It was a little disappointing to discover that the mortgages in ...