interest rates

American homeowners are doing something surprising: Despite record amounts of home equity available to them — an estimated $1.5 trillion worth — they are...

Have we arrived at one of those rare Goldilocks moments in real estate, where the market works well for sellers and buyers, strongly favoring...

After the Federal Reserve’s most recent announcement, mortgages rates tumbled — and they may keep falling. The Fed said that it would get back...

It’s not just borrowers who are benefiting from the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold off on interest rate hikes so far this year. Real...

Federal Reserve holds interest rates, vows to be ‘patient’ when it makes decisions Ending a string of increases, the Federal Reserve decided not to...

The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise rates this week could cost the Trump Organization an extra $1 million in borrowing costs. The organization has...

As interest rates climb and salary growth stalls, borrowers are taking cash out against their homes in volumes not seen in over a decade....

Rising interest rates are pushing mortgage applications to four-year lows. The Mortgage Banker Association’s market composite index, a measure of loan application volume, fell...

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday to between 2 and 2.5 percent, a move that is expected to push up the cost...

Here’s some promising news for self-employed entrepreneurs, “gig” economy workers and small business owners: There’s a bipartisan push underway on Capitol Hill to make...

Rising interest rates are putting a damper on efforts to build affordable housing across the U.S. According to developers, rates offered by national lenders...

The Federal Reserve announced it will raise interest rates a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, and signaled that it could raise interest rates at...

Commercial property deals in the U.S. rose 6.7 percent in the first quarter compared to last year, but the industry is still facing several...

The Federal Reserve offered no surprises this month. The country’s central bank held target interest rates steady at between 1.5 and 1.75 percent but...

Incremental increases in mortgage rates are adding hundreds of dollars in monthly costs for homebuyers, particularly high-end homebuyers. The average monthly mortgage payment is...

Real estate industry braces for tariffs as steel prices climb President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are already having an impact on...

From the February issue: Federal Reserve chairs have the power to put financial markets in a frenzy with a few seemingly harmless phrases. In June...

Fed leaves interest rates unchanged as Yellen exits As Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen presided over her final policy meeting, the central bank decided...

Once upon a time, a brash attorney became New York’s mayor and saved the city from crime. Now that the mean streets weren’t so...

Real estate executives are keeping an anxious eye on the Federal Reserve, but maybe they shouldn’t. Conventional wisdom holds that when the central bank...