May 6, 2025

Mortgage rates

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Best mortgage rates of April 2025

Many first-time buyers do not fully understand how mortgage rates are tiered Choosing a mortgage can feel daunting, especially for first-time buyers unfamiliar with the process or existing homeowners facing the prospect of higher bills if mortgage rates are higher than when they bought their property. Borrowers will be keen to find the cheapest possible

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Expert tips for navigating mortgage rates

(InvestigateTV) — The National Association of Realtors (NAR) predicted 24% of home shoppers in 2025 will be first-time buyers. Cherry Dale, the vice president of financial education at Virginia Credit Union, urged new buyers to learn as much as they can about the home-buying process before they start shopping. Dale recommended beginning your research six

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What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for Mortgage Rates

A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a home for sale on March 5, 2025, in Pasadena, Calif. Credit – Mario Tama—Getty Images Last week, after President Donald Trump’s introduction of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, the global and U.S. stock markets took a major hit, as Wall Street slumped and the U.S. dollar

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What Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariff Moves Mean for Home Prices and Mortgage Rates

Declaring it a “Liberation Day” for American workers, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sweeping new tariffs that could impact home prices and mortgage rates. “Our country and its taxpayers have been ripped off for more than 50 years, but it is not going to happen anymore,” Trump said in remarks at the White House’s

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Mortgage rates move slightly lower, new data shows

00:00 Brad Mortgage rates for the week ending March 27th are out. Yahoo Finance’s Claire Boston joins me now with the numbers. Hey Claire. 00:07 Claire Boston Hi Brad. So this week, the 30-year mortgage rate is at 6.65%, that is basically flat from 6.67% last week. And 15-year mortgage rates, they rose slightly to

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Have mortgage rates dropped enough to spur homebuying?

Mortgage rates have fallen in seven of the last eight weeks. The downward-trending graph for interest on new home loans has got to be at least a little encouraging for buyers and sellers heading into spring. This week, the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage did edge up marginally to 6.65%, according to Freddie Mac. Still, that’s

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