Personal Finance

A combination of more expensive monthly car payments and rising insurance costs pushed 35% of respondents to say that they are planning to give up on car ownership by the end of the decade, a recent Zipcar survey said.

Fifty-five percent of Americans who felt financially overextended and 30% of customers with healthy financial situations are among the biggest buy now, pay later (BNPL) users, according to a recent J.D. Power report.

The latest trends in interest rates for student loan refinancing from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly.

The latest trends in interest rates for personal loans from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly.

Check out the mortgage rates for July 31, 2023, which are largely unchanged from Friday.

Roughly 85% of Americans said they plan to travel this summer, an increase from the number who planned to travel in 2022, according to a recent vacationer survey.

Only 53% of U.S. adults believe they will own a home one day, a recent survey from Divvy Homes said. Here's how many Americans said they could afford to buy a home amid high house prices and interest rates.

Purchasing a home for the first time will require those hoping to do so to have higher earnings compared to last year, Redfin said in a report released Friday.

Gasoline prices surged as oil prices heated up, and there's room for more increases, according to AAA.

Check out the mortgage rates for July 28, 2023, which are mixed from yesterday.

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rate was 6.81% for the week ending July 27, 2023, Freddie Mac reported. That’s an increase from last week’s 6.78% rate. The news comes following the Fed’s decision to increase interest rates again to slow inflation.

The latest trends in interest rates for personal loans from the Credible marketplace, updated weekly.

Check out the mortgage purchase rates for July 27, 2023, which are largely unchanged from yesterday.

Growth in the economy as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) increased in the second quarter, suppressing fears of a recession. It could push the Federal Reserve to continue raising rates to lower inflation in the months to come.