One common type of mortgage is a conventional loan with a 15-year fixed interest rate. With a fixed rate, your rate and monthly payment will stay the same throughout the life of the loan.

15-year refinance rates are typically lower than 30-year mortgage rates. However, if you are refinancing to shorten the amount of time to pay off your current mortgage, your monthly payments will ...

Mortgage rates inched up at the start of the year to the highest level in nearly six months, portending another tough year ...

Refinancing to a 15-year fixed refinance could help you pay your loan off faster and save money on interest. Alix is a former CNET Money staff writer. She also previously reported on retirement ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates should ease this year, but they might not fall enough to ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates remain elevated as investors look ahead to how the economy ...

The average rate on a 15-year mortgage also rose, to 6.13 percent from 6 last week. It is also the highest rate for this type of home loan since July and up from the 5.89 percent rate a year earlier.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate was 6.85% for the week through Wednesday, according to Freddie Mac data. That’s up from 6.72% a week earlier. Average 15-year mortgage rates rose to ...

U.S. mortgage rates rose this week to the highest level since July. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.91% from 6.85% last week, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac.

The average rate on the 15-year mortgage was 6.13% ... and record-high home prices made it unaffordable for renters and current homeowners to purchase new properties. Homeowners remain constrained ...