7 ways to get a lower mortgage rate in 2025
Lowering your interest rate can save you money over the life of the loan. Here are seven ways to make it happen.
What To Expect in Mortgage Rates and Savings Accounts in 2025
As we step into the new year, with the presidential inauguration on the horizon, many are wondering about the direction of interest rates.
Mortgage Rates Continue Bobbing Near 6-Month High
Rates on new 30-year mortgages have been wavering the last two weeks just below their highest level since July, which mixed rate movement across loan types Friday.
Cut Your Mortgage Rate by 1% Today: Simple Strategies to Save Thousands
Each point costs 1% of the purchase price of a home and usually knocks the rate down by 0.25%. On a $400,000 home, you'd pay $4,000 for one discount point. The lender may even allow you to buy four mortgage points to lower the rate from 7% to 6%, though you'd have to shell out $16,000 to get there.
7% Mortgage Rate Raises Monthly Payment by $1,000
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is much higher than four years ago. The landscape of home ownership has changed substantially.
Mortgage rate hit their highest level in nearly six months
The new year has started with rising mortgage rates. Freddie Mac reports its Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the 30-year fixed-rate (FRM) averaged 6.9
Mortgage rates creeping back up toward 7%
Mortgage rates are starting 2025 at the highest they've been since last summer on expectations that the Fed will keep rates higher longer.
Why falling mortgage rates can signal bad news
What’s often forgotten is that low mortgage rates frequently parallel higher joblessness. Remember, you need a solid paycheck ...
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2025 Mortgage Rate Forecast: A Long and Bumpy Road to Recovery
In 2024, the path to lower mortgage rates seemed relatively clear-cut: Official inflation would go down, the Federal Reserve ...
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Prosperity’s Justin Messer talks customer satisfaction and 2025 mortgage rate predictions
On the Power House podcast, the CEO of Prosperity Home Mortgage explores the company's affiliate model and rate predictions for 2025.
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Mortgage Rate Lock Guide
If you want to avoid uncertainty and preserve the rate in your mortgage loan offer, get a mortgage interest rate lock. Interest rate locks can offer peace of mind to borrowers, but they are ...
Invesco Mortgage Capital: Too Risky To Touch
Invesco Mortgage Capital offers consistent income through strategic investments in diversified mortgage-backed securities.
Average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbs to 6.85%, highest since July, as bond yields keep rising
The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose for the second straight week to its highest level since mid-July, ...
Divorce Monday 2025: When High Mortgage Rates Block The Exit
Current mortgage rates play havoc with homeowners who want to split up. Divorce often means selling or refinancing the house, ...
Today's Mortgage Rates | When Will Rates Start to Drop?
These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates are forecast to go down this year, but how much they drop ...