Mortgage rates surged after the credit-rating agency Moody’s downgraded U.S. debt. Moody’s cut the U.S.’s sovereign credit rating from AAA to Aa1. It was the last of the major credit-rating ...

Year over year, the MBA refinance index was up 111% while the purchase index was only up 7% ... mortgage rates. In a competitive housing market with high demand, mortgage rates may rise, ...

After hitting a peak of ... rate mortgage sits at 6.62%. While it will not be smooth, NAHB anticipates the 30-year mortgage rate to average around this rate by the end of 2025, and just ...

The average rate on a 30-year loan was 7.02% a year ago. "The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remained below the 7% threshold for the 17th consecutive week," said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief ...