Housing & Mortgages

Prices up 3%, foreclosures up 21%, mortgage rates near 6.7% — the numbers behind this summer's crash headlines, and why none of them add up to one.

The 30-year fixed mortgage has held in a 6.17%-6.58% band for nine months. Here's what that plateau means for your refinance or purchase decision now.

Mortgage rates are holding near 6.55% on a 30-year fixed. Waiting for 3% is a planning error costing over $10,000 a year -- here's what to control instead.

How to decide between renting and buying: upfront cost reality, equity vs. flexibility, and the questions that actually determine the right call.

Current mortgage rates, real price-growth forecasts, and the actual checklist for deciding whether to buy now versus keep renting in 2026.