The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance increased to 6.28% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The average rate on a 15-year mortgage refinance is 5.2%. On a 20-year mortgage refinance, the average rate is 5.89%. Related: Compare Current ...

With the Fed’s third rate cut this year, refinancing your mortgage at a 0.50% lower rate can save you over $40,000. Here are the best lenders to choose from.

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance climbed to 6.42% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.43% for a 15-year financed mortgage and 6.14% for a 20-year financed mortgage.

To get the refinance you want, you need to explain your goal in words that the lender understands. This is a guide to what to say, complete with sample sentences that you can use as you kick off a refinancing conversation with a loan officer or mortgage broker.

There's good and bad news for home shoppers hoping for lower mortgage rates in 2026 — they're likely to fall more in the new year but shouldn't drop much below 6.0%, if they reach that. But the decrease may help you afford a home .