There's good and bad news for home shoppers hoping for lower mortgage rates in 2026 — they're likely to fall more in the new year but shouldn't drop much below 6.0%, if they reach that. But the ...

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

Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.33% for a 15-year financed mortgage and 6% for a 20-year financed mortgage.

On Tuesday, a new industry update showed how average mortgage rates differ across major loan types, giving home shoppers a ...

Compare today’s best mortgage refinance rates, compiled from hundreds of loan offers and analyzed by Investopedia’s mortgage rate experts.

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.01%. This is one basis point higher than yesterday but ...

The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged higher this week, though it remains relatively near its low point so far this year.

On Thursday, mortgage rates data from Mortgage News Daily (MND) showed that the 30-year fixed rates for government loans fell below 6%. As of Thursday afternoon, the average Federal Housing ...

Mortgage applications dipped 1.4% last week as mortgage rates inched higher, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Aug. 15, 2025 ...

To get the refinance you want, you need to explain your goal in words that the lender understands. This is a guide to what to say, complete with sample sentences that you can use as you kick off a ...