Current：Home > MarketsWhen mortgage rates are too low to give up -EverVision Finance
When mortgage rates are too low to give up
View
Date：2025-04-17 01:36:37
The average mortgage rate in the U.S. just hit 7.09%—its highest level in more than two decades. And that's having ripple effects in the wider economy. Some homeowners feel locked in, tethered to their super low interest rates and unable to find something better. Today on the show, what happens when homeowners are locked in by low rates?
For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.
Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.
veryGood！ (281)
Related
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Australia vs. Sweden: World Cup third-place match time, odds, how to watch and live stream
- BravoCon 2023: See the List of 150+ Iconic Bravolebrities Attending
- Maui town ravaged by fire will ‘rise again,’ Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead
- The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
- Brazil’s Bolsonaro accused by ex-aide’s lawyer of ordering sale of jewelry given as official gift
- Georgia Medicaid program with work requirement off to slow start even as thousands lose coverage
- Luann and Sonja's Crappie Lake Variety Show Is Off to a Very Rocky Start in Hilarious Preview
- Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
- Survey shows most people want college athletes to be paid. You hear that, NCAA?
Ranking
- 'Malcolm in the Middle’ to return with new episodes featuring Frankie Muniz
- Bachelor Nation's Kaitlyn Bristowe Shares Encouraging Message After Jason Tartick Breakup
- Biden will again host leaders at Camp David, GA grand jurors doxxed: 5 Things podcast
- Pennsylvania’s jobless rate has fallen to a new record low, matching the national rate
- Trump's 'stop
- Video shows Nick Jonas pause concert to help a struggling fan at Boston stop on 'The Tour'
- Biden administration sharply expands temporary status for Ukrainians already in US
- Houses evacuated after police find explosive in home of man being arrested
Recommendation
Finally, good retirement news! Southwest pilots' plan is a bright spot, experts say
The 10 best Will Ferrell movies, ranked (from 'Anchorman' to 'Barbie' and 'Strays')
Maui emergency chief resigns following criticism of wildfire response
'The Blind Side' drama just proves the cheap, meaningless hope of white savior films
Dick Vitale announces he is cancer free: 'Santa Claus came early'
Would a Texas law take away workers’ water breaks? A closer look at House Bill 2127
Hurricane Hilary poses flooding risks to Zion, Joshua Tree, Death Valley national parks
Kentucky school district to restart school year after busing fiasco cancels classes