Tag Archives: Mortgage Interest Rates

Another Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, another rate hike. At the conclusion of the FOMC’s November Meeting, the Committee raised rates by 75 basis points, the fourth consecutive such hike and the sixth of 2022.

Mortgage rates have surpassed 5% lately, due in large part to increases to the federal interest rate by the Federal Reserve who in addition to raising the rate twice this year, is expected to have further increases for the foreseeable future. ...

In March, the U.S. Federal Reserve increased interest rates by a quarter of a point to address rising inflation and a litany of other economic problems stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among other things, this interest rate increase was expected ...

Home prices ticked up unseasonably and fast sales became more common in October. Here’s why “FOMO” is a factor in the current red-hot housing market.

A new report found that falling interest rates have brought payment-to-income ratios to its lowest point in nearly two years as affordability hit historic levels.

On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made his first appearance before Congress since being sworn into the role. Remarking on the strengthening U.S. economy, Powell told Congress that “some of the headwinds the U.S. economy faced in previous years ...

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York recently reported that student loan debt had increased by $21 billion in Q4 2017. U.S. student debt currently totals around $1.4 trillion, with the average student in 2017 owing $37,172. Student loan debt ...

Freddie Mac has released its February Insight report, which “looks into the effects of higher mortgage rates on home buyers, homeowners wishing to refinance, mortgage lenders, home builders and real estate agents.” For this latest Insight report, Freddie Mac economists ...

The Federal Open Market Committee voted Wednesday to raise interest rates for the second time this year to 1-1.25 percent, a move that was widely expected amongst economists and industry professionals and described as “prudent” by FOMC Board of Governors Chair Janet Yellen. Back in March, they voted to increase the rate a modest quarter of a point to maintain the Fed’s goal of maximum employment and market stability. The FOMC is of the opinion that waiting too long to scale back accommodations could potentially cause a rapid increase in rates, which could disrupt the market and send the economy into another recession.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency has conducted its monthly interest rate survey for 4,437 loans closed during the last five business days in April across 17 lenders, and has reported a decline by 14 to 15 basis points across all mortgage interest rates. The average loan amount has also seen a slight drop of $1,100 after experiencing a spike in March. And while average loan amounts fluctuate from one month to the next, interest rates have been dropping since February.