Fannie Mae now predicts rates around 6.5% by the end of 2025 and 6.1% by the end of 2026.

Current mortgage rates are up, but lower than they were seven days ago and in early 2025, when the average 30-year fixed-rate ...

The 7.79% average U.S. mortgage rate near the end of October 2023 was the highest average since the summer of 2000.

Similarly, mortgage payments rose 50 years ago, too. Between 1971 and 1981 — also boosted by prices and rates — the typical monthly mortgage payment went from around $1,100 to $2,650 in ...

Mortgage rates have dropped sharply since spiking in May on Trump tax bill news. We break down the decline—and what it means for today’s homebuyers and their budgets.

This is always a hot topic, especially because renting challenges the traditional rhetoric that homeownership is the ultimate ...

If U.S. wealth were split evenly, could everyone afford a $1 million home? Explore the math, the myths and what equal wealth ...

Zillow’s research builds on similar recent findings from other firms, including Realtor.com, which came out with its latest affordability report last week. The firm concluded that “the typical U.S.

Home sales across the US have plummeted to the lowest level in 16 years - and the threat of a complete collapse is imminent.

Recently, aspiring home buyers are seeing a little relief. The housing market in general — though there are, of course, market exceptions — has seen more of a “tilt in buyers’ favor,” a June Redfin ...

In 2024, the average down payment among first-time homebuyers was 9%, according t o the Mortgage Research Center, and 23% for repeat buyers. Some government-backed mortgages allow borrowers to put ...

As New Hampshire’s residential real estate market continues to trundle along — with an all-time high median price of $565,000 ...