Borrowers are moving faster to secure lower rates, but there are consequences for the mortgage market.

Next week, while many of us Nerds will have turkey on our minds, there are still a few things to watch. On Tues. Nov. 25, the National Association of Realtors will release October’s Pending Home Sales ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance dropped to 6.43% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, ...

In simple terms, Mallah argues that by removing his initial investment through refinancing, his personal capital in the ...

As I type these words, I am sitting in front of one of Chuck Berry’s early residences in St. Louis. STL has a good musical reputation, a fine mortgage association, a Fed that puts out great research, ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.43% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate ...

Finding the right mortgage lender can be tricky, but doing so can also pay off, both literally and figuratively, especially ...

As 2025 comes to a close, homeowners are holding a substantial amount of equity. The latest ICE Mortgage Monitor report shows ...

Mortgage critical defects increased in Q2 2025, driven by appraisal and eligibility issues, while the refinance defect share rose to 26.04%.

Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 5.42%, and for 20-year mortgages, the ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance increased to 6.41% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The average rate ...

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.12% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is five basis points lower than yesterday and 16 basis ...