Mortgage rates are finally drifting down from their recent peaks, but the math on homeownership still does not work for a large share of American households. Prices climbed so far, and supply is so ...

The Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates during the pandemic to cool inflation. But the rate hikes caused some mortgage lenders to raise their rates, as well. This has kept housing costs ...

The broadest measure of inflation -- the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) -- has shown clear signs of tapering over the past year. However, a "core" component of the CPI-U remains ...

The most important thing on Wall Street’s mind right now is interest rates. The stock market could initially deal with rising rates, as we saw from August through mid-December. But then rates rose far ...

Compared to the pandemic-era record lows observed just a few years ago, mortgage rates feel uncomfortably high. But when someone points out that mortgages are still painfully expensive right now, a ...

Home buyers are going to have to settle for a 7% mortgage. The cost of a home loan has soared in recent years, in part thanks to a series of rate increases by the Federal Reserve. The average rate on ...

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