Want to buy a home or refinance your current one? Here are the mortgage interest rates to know right now.

Mortgage interest rates are dropping again, but could they fall back to 3%? Here's what to consider this March.

Before most house hunters can close the deal, they need to qualify for a mortgage. Learning how to apply for a mortgage in advance — and breaking the process down into digestible steps — can help ...

Mortgage rates are the quiet line item that can add or erase six figures from the cost of a home, yet the jargon around them often makes buyers tune out. I want to strip that down to plain language, ...

Mortgage rates are back in focus as the 30-year fixed loan dipped once again on September 30, 2025. After months of volatility, the average rate is now hovering around 6.26%, giving homebuyers and ...

Explore current mortgage rates and what they mean for homebuyers Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By ...

According to a new analysis from Realtor.com, the number of American homeowners with mortgage rates above 6% has exceeded those with rates below 3%. In the third quarter of 2025, 21.2% of outstanding ...

When closing on the financing of either a refinance or a purchase transaction, interest on the loan will be collected from the borrower and prepaid to the lender upon funding of the loan. Easy enough, ...

Interest rates have generally trended downward since mid-2025 after several years of extreme rate fluctuations. In early 2022, the average 30-year fixed rate was 4.72% and the 15-year fixed rate was 3 ...

In a recent Wall Street Journal Article, Alex Pollock and I proposed using financial defeasance to unlock the mortgage market. Existing home sales volume has been severely depressed since September ...