A good starting point is to know how much house you can afford. A monthly mortgage payment weighs heavily on your budget. Factors such as a down payment amount, interest rates and other existing debt, ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance increased to 6.28% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The average rate on a 15-year mortgage refinance is 5.2%. On a 20-year mortgage refinance, ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance decreased to 6.31% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 5.16%, and for 20-year mortgages, ...

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Recent surveys of lenders and real estate agents indicated that mortgage rates would need to fall to 5.75% to unlock the ...

Hoping that mortgage rates will keep dropping following the Federal Reserve's first rate cut since last year? As expected, the central bank delivered a quarter-point cut Wednesday and projected it ...

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The Fed's latest rate cut took mortgage rates to a three-year low, creating significant savings for borrowers.

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.