Mortgage rates are ticking up even after the Federal Reserve has started cutting interest rates. Here's why, and where rates — and home sales — could go from here.

Mortgage interest rates in the mid-sixes don't feel great. The current average is about half a percentage point higher than it was a month ago. But remember also that today's interest rates are more than three-quarters of a percentage point lower than the highs we saw back in spring.

It’s been a month since the Federal Reserve shifted from fighting inflation with high interest rates to supporting the job market with the first in what is expected to be a series of rate cuts.

Mortgage rates have been falling since the start of the year as lenders anticipated a cut to the Bank of England's base interest rate. This finally happened in August, however, since they have been cr

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. moved higher for the third week in a row and reached the highest level since late August

Mortgage rates rose to the highest level in nearly two months. The average rate on a standard 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 6.44%, according to a survey of lenders released Thursday by the mortgage-finance company Freddie Mac.

Mortgage rates climbed again for a third straight week, further dinging demand as the housing market continues to suffer from an affordability crisis.