Wednesday's cut to interest rates marks the first cut of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic, and prior to that, the 2008 ...
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their home loan to a lower rate, also eased this week with the average rate falling from 5.27% to 5.15%. A ...
LOS ANGELES -- Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell in August to the slowest annual pace in nearly a year even as ...
Lower interest rates will soften the prices consumers pay for debt — but people may not see an impact on their payments for a ...
In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve announced on Sept. 18, 2024, that it was cutting its benchmark interest ...
A host of economists I surveyed offered modest expectations after central bankers cut their benchmark interest rates for the ...
Mike Wood, the founder of mortgage lender Bailey & Wood Financial Group, talks Sept. 18, 2024, about the Fed's action.
The Federal Reserve’s first key interest rate cut in four years coincides with another major four-year event: the homestretch of the presidential election. But the central bank insists it looks only ...
This week the Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the first time in four years, making it easier to borrow money. But its ...
The Federal Reserve’s first key interest rate cut in four years coincides with another major four-year event: the homestretch of the presidential election. Fed Chair Jerome Powell downplayed the ...
The Fed cutting the benchmark rate is considered a step in the right direction for real estate and finance industries.
On Wednesday, the Fed cut interest rates by a half point, lowering the benchmark lending ... the interest rate is a critical part of the equation. Just like with a mortgage, the lower the interest ...