Americans looking to buy a newly built home this spring are likely to get a helping hand with their mortgage rate and other costs.

Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 months ago. They're also almost 1.2 percentage points cheaper than the ...

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As mortgage rates in the United States remain elevated, potential homebuyers and those looking to refinance face a ...

Today, the mortgage interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.98%, according to the Mortgage Research Center, while the ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fourth week in a row, an encouraging sign for prospective home shoppers as the spring homebuying season gets underway. The average rate ...

Wednesday, pushing the average to a two-week high. Rates moved higher for almost every other loan type as well.

This does not influence our opinions or our ratings, which are editorially independent. Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the ...

The latest refinance surge helped lift total application activity up for a second straight week, even as purchases fell, the ...

Better mortgage spreads are limiting how high mortgage rates can rise in 2025, which is in contrast to what we've seen in ...

(The other is HomeEquity Bank.) Homeowners age 55 and above can borrow up to 59% of their home’s value with an Equitable Bank reverse mortgage. Rates are an important factor in securing a ...

Katherine Watt is a CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa cum ...