Homeowners continue to face financial challenges in 2025. Inflation and interest rates remain elevated, and the stock market is seeing a spike in volatility as recession fears mount. All of these ...
It’s been a banner few years for refinancing. Mortgage lenders processed a whopping $2.7 trillion in refinance loans in 2021 and $2.8 trillion the year before. At one point, refinances accounted ...
Interest rates have continued to impact many aspects of consumers’ lives in recent years. After record-low rates early in the pandemic gave way to mortgage rates higher than they had been for more ...
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Mortgage rates have dipped to their lowest point since May 2023, averaging 6.59 percent according to a Bankrate survey. When rates are down, this opens new opportunities not just for new homebuyers, ...