In 2024, the denial reason most commonly cited by lenders was debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, listed as the primary reason in 36% of mortgage denials. The second most common was collateral (17%). Both of ...

The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage ticked down to 6.12% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is five basis points lower than yesterday and 16 basis ...

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Mortgage interest rates fell ahead of Fed cuts in September and October, because mortgage lenders worked market predictions into their base rates instead of waiting for confirmati ...

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Mortgage rates are on the rise as new employment data casts doubt on a December Fed cut. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of NerdWallet, but this does ...

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Jae Bratton has been writing about credit cards for NerdWallet since 2022. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Associated Press and the journal Studies in ...

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