The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.41% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.5%. For 20-year mortgage refinances, ...

Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.57% for a 15-year financed mortgage and 6.37% for a 20-year financed mortgage.

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of its first policy decision of 2026 on Wednesday. At a time when many U.S. households are concerned about affordability challenges, ...

The first Federal Reserve meeting of 2026 is scheduled to take place this week, and talk over the future of interest rate cuts is expected to tick up again. The Fed reduced its benchmark interest rate ...

The central bank’s policy stance can influence consumer savings and borrowing, from car financing to home equity loans. Here’s how it works. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Federal Reserve is expected to ...

For the vast majority of homeowners, there's currently little financial incentive to refinance their mortgages. So far in 2025, average mortgage rates have remained elevated, consistently hovering ...

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged at the conclusion of its March meeting. The central bank’s benchmark has a knock-on effect on many of the borrowing and savings rates Americans see ...

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Heading into March, there were multiple items borrowers were monitoring that could impact their mortgage rate offers. The first, the unemployment report for February, was released on March 6, and it ...