Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
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The nation’s housing market is on a correction course
Jul 25, 2022Rising interest rates and a slowing economy overall are already taking some of the air out of the rapid home-price appreciation the housing market has experienced over the past year.
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Loan officer poaching and what to expect from the Fed
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Purchase mortgage rates rise ahead of Federal Reserve meeting
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Inflation hits highest level in 40 years as housing market sputters
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Purchase mortgage rates fall 40 bps amid recession fears
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Logan Mohtashami on what the Fed gets wrong about housing
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US housing market is at a crossroads
Jun 29, 2022 -
Mortgage stocks are getting battered – what happens next?
Jun 21, 2022 -
How the Fed’s rate hike will affect the housing market
Jun 16, 2022 -
Mortgage rates jump to 5.78%, largest 1-week increase since 1987
Jun 16, 2022 -
The Fed’s impact on rates and the housing market
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Fed hikes rates by 75 bps, the largest increase since 1994
Jun 15, 2022
