Entering 2020, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was already below 4 percent. Then the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic brought ...

CNBC Select explains how to apply for a mortgage, from preparing financially and getting preapproval to undergoing the ...

Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.

These illustrated market experiences are quite different than what most folks believe happens when the Fed lowers rates.

Today's rates are far from record highs, which peaked at 18.63% in October 1981. Agents are overwhelmingly optimistic about ...

Yet, mortgage payments rose 50 years ago, too. Between 1971 and 1981 — also boosted by prices and rates — the typical monthly ...

Kevin Nishmas is an expert financial content writer with a long and successful history of working with ... Finding the best fixed-rate mortgage has become a top concern for both homeowners and ...

A new report is looking into solutions to expanding lending to Black and low-income homeowners after a study found Black households are underrepresented in the mortgage lending process.

Buying a home is probably the biggest purchase you’ll ever make. If you’re like most people, you won’t pay cash—you’ll borrow most of the money by taking out a mortgage. And over the life of the ...