Freddie Mac’s benchmark rate for a 30-year mortgage increased to 6.91% for the week ending January 2, 2025. With this week’s ...

Potential benefits of investing in mortgage securities with the Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund and insights from Portfolio. Click here to read more.

To gain some understanding of mortgage swings, my trusty spreadsheet peeked at 52 years worth of Freddie Mac mortgage stats. We tried to find patterns, and some serenity, by primarily using the ...

1989 was a milestone year in the credit world, but statistical credit scoring has been around since the 1950s.

Freddie Mac is providing these tips and insights: Watch Out for Common Disaster-Related Scams As the intensity of severe weather events increases, understanding common disaster-related scams can help ...

In life, we’re told the only guarantees are death and taxes. While not nearly as morbid nor pessimistic, in commercial real ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its Options for Reducing the Deficit, outlining 76 policy opt ...

Thus, I’m forecasting that, based on the 6.85% rate at year-end 2024, mortgages will run between 7.55% and 6.15% in 2025.

Understanding mortgage rates and their impact on the ... an all-time low of 2.65% in January 2021, according to Freddie Mac. No one can predict exactly when another economy-altering event like ...

PNC Financial maintains a strong profit margin but faces weak loan growth. See why PNC stock may be at risk with rising ...

Many of you are waiting for that perfect moment to buy a home. Interest rates in 2024 caused a lot of potential homebuyers to push pause on their plans.