Tomo’s online rates comparison tool is among the best we’ve seen for shopping rates — and both their rates and fees are competitive. While they don’t offer refinance or home equity options, the solid ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points at the conclusion of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, marking the central bank's third cut of the year. Fed ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

Simplist is an online marketplace of mortgage lenders; human guidance is optional. You’ll make payments to a loan servicer, not to Simplist. Loans are not available in every state. Loan origination ...

Mortgage rates hovered in the low 6.0% range to start 2026 — slightly higher than the week prior but much lower than where they stood last January. The U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.16% ...

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This data series is part of the Center for Monetary Research. This site presents a weekly and monthly series of the proxy funds rate, following Doh and Choi (2016), Choi, Doh, Foerster, and Martinez ...

After leaving consumers hanging for much of the year, the Federal Reserve ultimately lowered rates three times in 2025. On Dec. 10, the central bank instituted a 25-basis-point cut to the federal ...

Profit from sold investments is taxed; time held determines the tax rate. 2025 and 2026 long-term capital gains tax rates are income-dependent. Recent tax laws haven’t changed these long-term capital ...