If you expect mortgage rates to drop after locking in your rate, having a float-down option can help you take advantage of a ...

A mortgage rate lock is an agreement with a lender to lock in a specified rate for a predetermined amount of time. The longer a rate is locked in, the more likely you are to pay a fee for the lock ...

A mortgage rate lock allows you to keep your interest rate unchanged for a set period of time, usually between when your ...

Yes, the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates later this year. Or, maybe it won't. In any case, a Fed reduction offers no ...

At a time when mortgage rates are expected to stay higher for longer than previously thought, home shoppers may be able to lock in better terms with an interest rate buydown. Mortgage rate ...

Current homeowners with mortgage rates below 3% aren't willing to give them up. But that's keeping housing inventory frozen. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal ...

Uncertainty over the impact of Trump's tariffs on the U.S. economy—and whether they will stay in place—is freezing mortgage ...

Mortgage interest rates slipped lower over the past ... home at a higher rate—a phenomenon called the ‘lock-in effect’,” Redfin explained. America has a severe housing shortage, often ...