New Fed rate cuts have made home equity borrowing more affordable. Here's what a $60,000 loan can cost monthly now.

The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates again at its final meeting of the year, signaling that Chair Jerome Powell was able to guide his deeply divided committee toward a consensus over how to ...

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The average mortgage interest rate on a conventional 30-year term is 6.12% as of December 9, 2025, according to Zillow. That ...

Most readers are probably familiar with the basic math behind interest rates and bond prices: When interest rates go up, bond prices go down. As the market recalibrates what a bond’s future cash flows ...

Former President Donald Trump's latest populist economic salvo has given credit card issuers a new headache, even though experts are dismissive of its chances. The Republican presidential nominee's ...

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Homeownership has become a pipe dream for more Americans, even those who could afford to buy just a few years ago. Many would-be buyers were already feeling stretched thin by home prices that shot ...

While rate cuts are welcome in much of the economy, they pose problems for risk-averse investors who relish high money market and bond yields. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly ...

President Trump blames the country's high home prices on one of his frequent targets: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Trump argues that the Fed, which sets interest rates that help determine ...