The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance dropped to 6.17% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.29% ...

Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.28% for a 15-year financed mortgage and 5.94% for a 20-year financed mortgage.

As of January 2, 2026, the average mortgage interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 5.99%, while the average rate on a ...

Mortgage rates typically follow the bond market and other macroeconomic factors, not the Fed’s short-term-funds rate. Nevertheless, advisors say there may be some good refi opportunities now, ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance increased to 6.33% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed ...

Mortgage applications continued to rise last week, up 10.9% from one week earlier. That’s according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) weekly mortgage applications survey for the ...

So far this year, average mortgage rates have stayed stubbornly high, bouncing between 6.5% and 7%, as financial markets weigh the risks of both higher inflation and an economic slowdown. Most ...

Interest rates have certainly cooled in the last year, thanks to a changing economic environment and multiple Federal Reserve rate cuts, and that relief has trickled down to mortgage rates. The dip in ...

Average mortgage refinance rates have been volleying between 6.5% and 7% as fears of both higher inflation and an economic slowdown play tug-of-war with financial markets. Overall, rates are too high ...

Mortgage application activity declined again last week as refi demand continues pulling back after the surge in mid September. According to MBA’s Weekly Applications Survey for the week ending October ...

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