The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans increased to 6.72% for the week ending July 10, up from 6.67% last week.

The central bank remains cautious, even as calls for rate cuts grow louder from the White House and other policymakers.

Whether you're buying a new home or considering mortgage refinancing, the main question is the same right now: When will rates drop? The interest rate environment has remained elevated across various lending products,

Although interest rates and unemployment have an indirectly inverse relationship, that relationship can be clouded by broader factors in the labor market.

President Trump says Fed rate cuts would save the government as much as $900 billion a year in interest payments on its debt. Is that fight?

Headwinds for mortgage rates arrived Tuesday in the form of rising inflation, which likely ends the faint hopes of a Fed rate cut in July.

U.S. President Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve should set its benchmark interest rate at 1% to lower government borrowing costs, allowing the administration to finance the high and rising deficits expected from his spending and tax-cut bill,