Rates for home loans pressed higher, offering little relief for a housing market stuck in neutral. In the week ending May 15, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.81%, Freddie Mac announced, up ...

Mortgage rates jumped higher on Monday following Moody's downgrade of U.S. debt, adding to the headwinds facing homebuyers.

Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages jumped 6 basis points Wednesday, for a fifth daily rise ... of mortgage loans, publishes a weekly average of 30-year mortgage rates. Last week's reading ...

The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to 6.81%, according to the latest Freddie Mac data released on Thursday. That is up from last week's reading of 6.76%.

Long-term mortgage rates remained below the 7% threshold for the 17th consecutive week, sending purchase application activity higher, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Survey.

Mortgage interest rates rose this week. The good news? The increase was smaller than in the previous two weeks, which saw steady upward momentum. The less-good news? The average hit a round number ...