A host of economists I surveyed offered modest expectations after central bankers cut their benchmark interest rates for the ...

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners seeking to refinance their loans to a lower rate, ...

"Now they can afford more so they can go from $300,000 to maybe qualifying for $350,000," Tim Hart with VanDyk Mortgage said when referring to the cost of a home.

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the aftermath of the Fed's rate cut on Wednesday, the yield on a 10-year Treasury ...

In the past week, the standard 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.09%, according to data released by Freddie Mac.

Mortgage rates dropped in anticipation of the Federal Reserve's first rate cut in more than four years. Buyers who were ...

The Federal Reserve's recent interest rate cut has led to a decrease in mortgage rates, potentially easing the housing ...

Autumn is traditionally a slower time for the housing market, when prices ease and listings tend to linger, according to ...

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in August to the slowest annual pace in nearly a year even as mortgage rates ...

Mortgage rates aren't tied to the Fed's moves on interest rates. Rather, mortgage rates typically fall in advance of a Fed rate cut, because investors are trying to anticipate where the central bank ...

The housing market’s struggles continued last month as sales dipped in August with higher mortgage rates and expensive asking prices holding down the level of completed sales.

People who bought homes in the past two years may want to seek a lower interest rate. Here’s how to think it through — and ...