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

After a five-week decline, mortgage rates have now climbed for three straight weeks. But that doesn't necessarily mean you should hit pause on your house hunt.

Mortgage demand barely moved last week as interest rates slightly increased. Demand is still better, however, than it was a year ago.

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.

A newly filed class action lawsuit alleges that loanDepot engaged in a years-long scheme to violate federal loan officer compensation rules, steering borrowers into more expensive mortgage loans while concealing its conduct through falsified records and internal deception.

U.S. households fared far better when applying for credit for mortgage refinancing or auto loans in June, new figures on credit access from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York show. The bank said Monday that rejected applications for mortgage refinancing dropped to 15% in June,

As more homes remain on the market longer, buyers are closely watching mortgage rates to see if there's an opportunity to save money.

You'll get a mortgage loan estimate after you apply for a loan but before you've been officially approved. To evaluate an estimate, you'll want to brush up on your mortgage vocabulary and have a good sense of how much house you can afford. Your mortgage loan estimate will outline the terms of your potential loan from a particular lender.

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