Lower interest rates will have a ripple effect across the economy, and many consumers can take advantage. For example, ...

The Fed is expected to cut rates for a second straight month but by a smaller amount. How and when consumers may feel the ...

“Consumers who wait [to open an account] will most likely end up with lower CD rates in the future.” How mortgage rates are ...

Over the past two and a half years, the Fed's interest rate hikes had an adverse effect on the housing market, helping to ...

Recent interest rate cuts have brought relief to credit card, personal loan and auto borrowers, but homebuyers are unlikely ...

The rate ticked up to 6.79% from 6.72% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Borrowing costs on 15-year ...

A real estate group's analysis says President-elect Trump's agenda could yield mixed results for the housing market.

When inflation is high and the economy is in overdrive, the Fed tries to pump the brakes by discouraging borrowing. It does ...

"The next few weeks will be telling," Smoke said. Consumers could see lower interest rates, he said, over the next six months. Even so, mortgage rates could remain high. The 30-year fixed rate ...

Mortgage rates rose for the seventh week in a row in the week ending Nov. 7 as markets digested Trump's victory and a Fed ...

The desire to rent is high in both the suburbs and cities, and national mortgage rates and home buying prices are on the rise. Those factors are what is driving sky-high rents.