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Homeowners: Time to Refinance? Mortgage Costs Drop As Fed Signals Potential Cuts
Federal Reserve rate cut expectations pushed mortgage rates down to multi-week lows at 6.67%. Financial experts say even ...
Mortgage rates just dropped for the fifth consecutive week. Here's what buyers should do now.
Mortgage interest rates are consistently declining again. Here are three things homebuyers should do in response.
Mortgage Interest Rates Today: Mortgage Rates Drop Ahead of Independence Day Weekend
The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans decreased to 6.67% for the week ending July 3, down from 6.77% last week.
Homebuyers finally responded, after mortgage rates hit lowest level in three months
The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances, $806,500 or less, ...
Mortgage refinance demand surges as interest rates drop further
“Rates typically move higher if job openings are higher than expected, all else equal,” wrote Matthew Graham, chief operating ...
Mortgage rates drop for fifth straight week
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.67%, notching a decline for a fifth straight week, according to Freddie Mac.
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National housing market cools as buyers pull back
The U.S. housing market is cooling as high mortgage rates, rising inventory, and weakening demand weigh on home prices, CNBC writes.  Annual price growth slowed to 1.3% in June, the weakest pace in ...
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Delinquency risk leads to less credit for borrowers
Credit availability declined in June as the job market and rising delinquency figures have some lenders concerned, the ...
Over 30 million homeowners don’t have a mortgage right now. Here’s why that’s a big warning sign about the housing market
The share of homeowners who don’t have a mortgage payment rose to 40% in 2023, up from 33% in 2010, which reflects a trend ...