The average 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate is 7.05% today, down -0.01% over the last week. The average rate for a 15-year fixed mortgage is 6.50%, which is a decrease of -0.05% from the same time last week. For a look at mortgage rate movement, see the chart below. The...

Mortgage Rates Continue to Fall After Fed Decision: Today’s Mortgage Rates for June 13, 2024

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These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are expected to fall this year, but they might not drop enough to improve affordability.

Mortgage Interest Rates Today, June 26, 2024 | How Much Will Rates Drop This Year?

Mortgage rates fell this week to their lowest level since early April, taking some pressure off America’s unaffordable housing market.

Mortgage rates fall to their lowest level in almost three months

The average 30-year mortgage rate has moved up to 6.99%. Rates have wavered in upper-6% territory all of June, but ended the month with a one-week march upwards. Most other mortgage types also saw moderate increases across the week. National Averages of Lenders' Best Mortgage Rates. Loan Type New Purchase...

Mortgage Rates Inch Up for a Fifth Day

HSBC cuts rates following similar moves by Barclays and NatWest.

Three big lenders cut mortgage rates

Editor's Note: Investopedia will not publish daily CD rate news on June 19 in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday. We will return to our daily rate coverage on Thursday, June 20. Key Takeaways. The best CD rate you can score nationwide is 6.00% APY, available from Nuvision Credit Union...

Top CD Rates Today, June 18, 2024 - Earn a Guaranteed 6.00% Until Next April

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The housing market remains difficult for many Americans, both the buyers and the sellers. Inflation soaring rates, low inventory and home prices that continue to rise all are making the dream of...

3 Housing Markets That Will Rise in Value Before the End of 2024

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit a 40-year high in June 2022. The Federal Reserve aggressively hiked interest rates to tame inflation, which put the brakes on real estate sales. Redfin has been a casualty of that slowdown, but with interest rate cuts potentially around the corner, it might be...

1 Super Stock Down 93% to Buy Before the Fed Cuts Interest Rates

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Lumber prices are down 24% from their mid-March peak amid subdued home-building activity. US housing starts and new building permits are on the decline this year, each falling 4% and 6% in May. The combination of oversupply and falling demand for lumber are driving prices down, say industry experts. Lumber...

Lumber prices have plunged 24% as this year's home builder season fails to meet expectations

Jan and Els were married for almost five decades. In early June, they died together after being given lethal medication by two doctors. In the Netherlands, this is known as duo-euthanasia. It’s legal, and it’s rare - but every year, more Dutch couples choose to end their lives this way.

Dying together: Why a happily married couple decided to stop living

Home prices have been at a record high, pushing homebuying out of reach for many and slowing down the real estate market. However, a record-low number of contracts signed indicates homebuyers are unwilling to pay high prices. Sellers are responding by taking listings off the market or compromising on how...

Homebuyers Are Fed Up With High Prices

Birmingham Hospice is looking to cut staff and inpatient beds due to rising costs.

Hospice cuts will be 'agonising for families'

Two men are arrested and a crime scene is in place after a woman was attacked at the M32 Skatepark.

Woman raped in early hours of morning in skatepark

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"The housing market is really the first domino to fall on what we think is going to be a slower growth story down the road."

Home prices could start dropping this summer, marking the ‘first domino to fall’ on the way to a weaker economy, strategist says

Commercial mortgage delinquencies increased in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Commercial mortgage delinquency rates continued to increase during the first three months of 2024. Gain was seen across most capital sources, pointing to the challenges caused by loans that are maturing amid higher interest rates, uncertain property values and questions about some properties’ fundamentals.

Commercial Mortgage Delinquency Rates Increased in Q1 2024

Four Sri Lankan fishermen have died and another two are critically ill after consuming an unknown liquid from bottles they found while at sea, according to local media reports. The sailors were said to be on a fishing trip when they retrieved the bottles around 320 nautical miles from Tangalle,...

Four die after drinking from bottles found in sea

Mortgage rates rose at the fastest pace in 2 weeks yesterday, but that wasn't a very tall order considering an almost perfect absence of movement leading up to that. Now today, a good amount of that small amount of damage has been undone. Bonds responded favorably to this morning's economic...

Mortgage Rates Steady to Slightly Lower

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The "Shark Tank" star appeared on Fox Business' "Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy" and said it is "hard to see" mortgage rates dropping any time soon.

In Just 3 Words, Kevin O'Leary Offers a Grim Outlook on Interest Rates and Inflation

"The US housing market is stuck, and we are not convinced it will become unstuck anytime soon."

The housing market’s lock-in effect could last into the next decade as mortgage rates stay high even with Fed cuts, BofA says

A man has been arrested following a report of a serious sexual assault in the early hours of Sunday morning. The incident happened at the Dammas Lane car park in Old Town, Swindon, with the area cordoned off on the day. The man in his 20s was arrested on Sunday...

Rape arrest after car park cordoned off

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High mortgage rates pricing out buyers, says Nationwide

High mortgage rates mean affordability is still \"stretched\" for many home buyers, according to the Nationwide. The building society said that while earnings had been rising...

High mortgage rates mean affordability is still "stretched" for many home buyers, according to the Nationwide. The building society said that while earnings had been rising...

High mortgage rates pricing out buyers, says Nationwide

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