Fannie and Freddie Set to Consider Crypto Assets in Mortgage Applications Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should soon begin to take bitcoin and some other cryptocurrency assets into account when deciding mortgage applications. by Peter Warden in Home Loans June 27, 2025 3 min read
Mortgage Rates Today, June 27, 2025: Key Inflation Report Due Today Although markets tend to focus on the consumer price index, today's inflation report is more thorough and accurate. by Peter Warden in Rates June 27, 2025 3 min read
Mortgage Rates Today, June 26, 2025: Will Today's GDP and Durable Goods Orders Affect Rates? Mortgage rates continue their modest falls. Will today's economic reports reverse them? Only if they contain shocks. by Peter Warden in Rates June 26, 2025 3 min read
'Buy Now, Pay Later' Loans Soon To Show Up On Credit Reports. Are Future Homebuyers Ready? Buy Now, Pay Later is incredibly popular among young consumers. Soon, they'll be able to harness this borrowing to boost their credit scores, if they pay on time. by Peter Warden in Credit June 25, 2025 3 min read
Mortgage Rates Today, June 25, 2025: Gently Falling Rates Are Starting to Make a Difference When mortgage rates drop just a little, it makes little difference. But five consecutive days of such falls begin to add up. by Peter Warden in Rates June 25, 2025 3 min read
Renting Before Buying? Get Your Landlord to Boost Your Credit Score for a Better Mortgage Deal A new study finds "rent reporting increased the share of people with near-prime scores or better by 25 percentage points." by Peter Warden in Credit June 24, 2025 3 min read
Mortgage Rates Today, June 24, 2025: As Mideast Tensions Cool, Markets Likely to Refocus on Their Other Worries With a Mideast peace deal likely, Wall Street will probably focus again on its recent obsessions, tariffs and deficits. by Peter Warden in Rates June 24, 2025 4 min read
Mortgage Rates Today, June 23, 2025: U.S. War on Iran Dominates. Rates Could Go Either Way. Markets will spend today grappling with how to respond to the U.S. attack on Iran. Mortgage rates are unpredictable. by Peter Warden in Rates June 23, 2025 4 min read