Over the past few years, elevated mortgage rates and sky-high housing prices have contributed to a lack of home affordability ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a ...

Gold hovered near record levels on Friday and was on track for a weekly gain after the U.S. Federal Reserve's recent ...

Mortgage rates closely track the yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, or the amount paid to a bondholder annually. In the ...

Lower interest rates will soften the prices consumers pay for debt — but people may not see an impact on their payments for a ...

The Fed's decision to cut interest rates by 50 basis points reflects its growing confidence in taming inflation and a renewed ...

Donald Trump has argued that the Fed would only cut interest rates close to the election to help his political opponents.

But while the Fed’s action will surely have political consequences, it wasn’t a political decision. The straight economic ...

Market observers, however, had been divided over whether the Fed will impose its typical cut of a quarter of a percentage ...

The decline in mortgage costs, influenced by expectations of the Federal Reserve’s rate moves, could revive interest in ...

Sales of previously owned homes in the United States fell sharply in August, despite mortgage rates plummeting that month.

The Federal Reserve made a 0.50 percentage point cut, double the typical reduction. Here's what's behind the decision.