Learn about per diem interest, how it's calculated, its role in loans like mortgages, and why it's essential for borrowers to understand before closing a loan.

Mortgage rates are the quiet line item that can add or erase six figures from the cost of a home, yet the jargon around them ...

The average 30-year fixed mortgage loan interest rate stands at 5.99% as of December 23, 2025, according to Zillow, while the ...

When looking at mortgage offers online, the interest rate doesn't always show the whole picture. Often, the lowest advertised mortgage rate includes 1 or more discount points, which translates to ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance climbed to 6.35% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 5.38%, and for 20-year mortgages, ...

Locking in one of today's lower mortgage rates may make sense, experts say, but there are some items to know first.

Normally when someone has a low mortgage rate, they don’t refinance into a higher one ...

Explore current mortgage rates and what they mean for homebuyers Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By ...

Mortgage rates climbed to the highest level since Oct. 9 amid disappointment a third consecutive rate cut in December may not materialize, analysts said. The Federal ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday issued the third consecutive quarter-point interest rate cut this year — likely impacting everything from credit card rates and mortgages to online savings accounts.

Caroline Basile is Forbes Advisor’s student loans and mortgages deputy editor. With experience in both the mortgage industry and as a journalist, she was previously an editor with HousingWire, where ...