How lower interest rates could boost your homebuying power

When rates drop, a buyer’s purchasing power increases. Lower rates mean paying less in interest, leaving more room in the ...
Oregonian

What the Fed’s rate cut means for buying a home, refinancing

Hoping that mortgage rates will keep dropping following the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut since last year? Don’t bank on it. As expected, the central bank delivered a quarter-point cut Wednesday ...

What will next Fed rate cut mean for mortgages, credit cards and car loans?

While a Fed rate cut is big news, consumers might only be expected to see slight relief when it comes to much borrowing.
Fast Company

Bank of America: Mortgage rates could hit 5% under these conditions

Last week, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate tracked by Freddie Mac hit a calendar-year low of 6.35%. It’s likely that this week’s reading could come in even lower, given that the daily rate ...

Interest Rates Are Falling. Why Are People Still Buying Money Market Funds?

The Federal Reserve’s rate cut will reduce investor returns, yet money market funds remain a good deal, our columnist says.

Bank of England COULD cut interest rates this week: Should you lock in a mortgage deal now as rates fall?

Barclays is going against the grain and predicting a base rate reduction when the Bank of England meets on Thursday. What does that mean if you're looking for a new mortgage?

Money moves to make now that the Fed has cut rates (again)

For the second time this year, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to lower its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point.