Mortgage rates topped 7% this week, a key psychological threshold, in a sign of the US housing market’s unrelenting affordability challenges.

The 30-year fixed rate mortgage topped 7% for the first time since last May, although late in the week, the 10-year Treasury peaked before reversing course.

With sticky inflation and rising bond yields, mortgage rates continue to move higher. The Mortgage Bankers Association, whose readings are often slightly h

“Mortgage rates ticked up for the fifth consecutive week and crossed 7% for the first time since May of 2024,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “The underlying strength of the economy is contributing to this increase in rates."

The average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages surpassed 7 percent for the first time since May, Freddie Mac reported on Thursday, extending a weekslong climb that could push more buyers and sellers to the sidelines.

The average rate on a standard, 30-year fixed mortgage was 7.04% in the week ending January 16, according to a survey of lenders released Thursday by Freddie Mac. It’s the fifth consecutive ...

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The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage reached 7.04% for the week ending January 16 — the highest level since May.

Annual inflation has risen again for the third straight month, in a troubling sign for mortgage rates that are already creeping close to 7%. Overall prices rose 2.9% in December 2024 from a year earlier, higher than the 2.7% pace recorded in November, according to the Labor Department's consumer price index (CPI) data released Wednesday.

President Joe Biden will leave the White House with a strong economy, historic gains in the job market, a foundation for future manufacturing growth, and having brought down decades-high inflation without triggering a recession.

President Trump wasted no time in getting to work on his first day in office with a range of executive orders but the fiscal house he’s inheriting may prove more challenging to fix.

Compass stock price staged a strong comeback on Wednesday after the company boosted its forward guidance. It also jumped as mortgage rates dropped slightly after the latest US inflation data from the United States.