Kristen Grau is a staff writer for the Forbes Advisor News Desk. She has over six years of finance writing experience and has previously written for sites like LendingTree, ValuePenguin and Debt.com.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked up this week to just below its high for the year, the latest sign that borrowing costs on home loans remain elevated relative to where they were before ...

Economists have got some bad news for homebuyers hoping for a return to 4.0% or 5.0% mortgage rates. Recent forecasts published by Fannie Mae, Wells Fargo, and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) ...

Today’s average interest rate on a 30-year purchase mortgage is 6.604%, according to Zillow data provided to U.S. News. That’s higher than yesterday, when rates were 6.586%. For refinancing mortgages, ...

The U.S. fertility rate hit a record low in 2024, with the average American woman having only 1.6 children. Social Security's finances may be in worse shape than thought. The Social Security Trustees ...

Mortgage rates are down from yesterday and remain under 7%. Today’s national average on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.54%, according to Bankrate. If you choose a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage, the ...

Last week, OpenAI shocked the mathematical community by revealing that one of its internal artificial intelligence (AI) models had found a counterexample to a famous conjecture made by legendary ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose amid growing concerns over inflation and as the war with Iran showed no sign of ending. Source: Freddie Mac. The New York Times By Emmett Lindner The ...

Officials gave tentative approval Monday to a new Maricopa County budget that cuts the metro Phoenix property tax rate for a sixth consecutive year. The $4.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 grows ...

ORLANDO, Florida, May 18 (Reuters) - Accelerating inflation in the U.S. and beyond is leaving the Federal Reserve and other central banks with an acute problem – negative real interest rates.

The recent surge in inflation is likely to get worse over the next several months, according to a survey Friday from the nation's top economists. Consumer price inflation is projected to hit 6% for ...