The higher your credit score, the more likely you are to get the best mortgage rates. But making regular mortgage payments can boost your score in the long run.

As the 2025 spring homebuying season approaches, the long-term costs of a home loan are inching lower even as market headwinds loom large.

Rates on 30-year new purchase loans ended last week 5 basis points lower than the previous Friday, dipping to a 6.79% average. That's now the cheapest weekly average of 2025. Compared to five weeks ...

Aside from day-to-day fluctuations, mortgage rates are expected to stay close to 7% for a while. Those rates seem high ...

With the spring homebuying season quickly approaching, buyers should know the mortgage rate forecast for March.

New Redfin data shows that while the interest rate for homeowners with mortgages is at the highest percentage in almost 10 ...

Mortgage rates edged slightly lower in the weeks following the Federal Reserve’s latest decision to pause rate cuts this month. “The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage continued to i ...

This does not influence our opinions or our ratings, which are editorially independent. Mortgage rates have been expected to decline in 2025 as the U.S. economy slows, inflation cools and the ...