Mortgage rates tend to decrease during a recession, but that doesn't mean homebuyers will be so quick to jump into the ...

(Bloomberg) -- US mortgage rates rose again last week ... of US assets and damaging investor confidence in the central bank’s independence. MBA’s index applications for home purchases fell ...

Home prices in the U.S. rose only 0.2% between February and March, the slowest monthly growth since December 2022.

On Monday morning, Trump again lashed out at Powell on his Truth Social, calling the Fed chair "a major loser" and demanding ...

If there is doubt about the central bank’s independence ... less faith in the U.S.,” Zhao said, and that could push rates on 10-year Treasuries up, and mortgage rates would increase.