Mortgage rates hold steady July 23, 2025, with 30-year fixed at 6.625%. Trump hints at capital gains tax cut for home sales.

The average rate on 30-year fixed home loans increased to 6.75% for the week ending July 17, up from 6.72% last week.

Headwinds for mortgage rates arrived Tuesday in the form of rising inflation, which likely ends the faint hopes of a Fed rate cut in July.

Inflation has come down in 2025 — but the latest figures are still well above the 2 per cent target and rising

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The price of homeownership remains out of reach for many Americans as home prices remain high and mortgage rates continue to hover close to 7%.

Inflation is dropping. Will mortgage rates fall, too? While the inflation rate has not yet met the target rate of 2% set by the Fed, the new inflation data shows significant progress.

What's inflation got to do with mortgage rates?? A lot, according to housing market experts. This week's release of the Consumer Price Index for February, which measures changes in the cost of ...