‘Mortgage rates will pull back.’ 4 pros predict where mortgage rates will go in February 2025
For his part, Lewis says mortgage rates are poised to drop in February, after climbing above 7% in January. “The direction of ...
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Zillow’s Orphe Divounguy says homebuilders need to help to address affordability
Zillow economist Orphe Divounguy says that solving affordability requires taking economic pressure off builders to boost new ...
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How will mortgage rates respond as tariffs and inflation loom large?
Mortgage rates remain above 7%, but they are moving lower even after the Federal Reserve paused its rate-cutting cycle last ...
Mortgage Rates Still Hovering Near an Almost 7-Week Low
Rates on 30-year mortgages ticked up a minimal 1 basis point for a second consecutive day Monday, after a large drop last week. The flagship average now sits at 6.85%, just barely above the cheapest ...
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Mortgage rate history: 1970s to 2025
Entering 2020, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was already below 4 percent. Then the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought ...
30-Year Mortgage Rates Fall Again, Reaching a 6-Week Low
In September, rates plunged to a two-year low, falling as far as 5.89%. But over the following three-plus months, the average surged almost 1.25 percentage points—before recently easing lower.
Why are mortgage rates still so high? There’s something more important than Fed policy at work
The federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates are often expected to move together, but they haven’t lately. Here’s why.
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Mortgage rates were expected to fall, but they’re surging. There’s a reason for that.
Most economists were expecting mortgage rates to fall over the course of the coming year. But rates have risen steadily over the last month, inching back up to 7% — and they’re expected to ...