Keyword topic
8 articles from 5 news outlets, Sep 27 to Oct 26
Share of stories per day
The share of each source's stories that mention mortgage rate, averaged over sources with at least 3 stories that day.
Coverage by source over time
One ridge per source that mentioned mortgage rate, from the most left-leaning on top: how high it rises each day is the share of that source's stories that mention it.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Who picked it up when
The Hill mentioned it first (Oct 1, 2026, 4:47 PM EDT). Left-leaning outlets followed 7 days later, right-leaning outlets 7 days later.
One row per source that mentioned mortgage rate, from the most left-leaning on top: a dot for each article, on a bar for each stretch of its coverage (a pause of more than 24 hours starts a new one). Hover or tap a dot for the headline, click it to read the article.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Coverage by source
The share of each source's stories that mention mortgage rate, Sep 27 to Oct 26, from left to right. Sort the table to reorder the bars.
Source lean:leftcenterright
Source leans by Media Bias/Fact Check.
| The New York Times | 0.3% | 3 | 1187 |
| Semafor | 0.2% | 1 | 455 |
| The Hill | 0.2% | 2 | 1133 |
| The Washington Times | 0.2% | 1 | 467 |
| Fox Business | 0.4% | 1 | 233 |
Coverage by lean
The share of stories that mention mortgage rate, Sep 27 to Oct 26, averaged over the outlets of each political lean with at least 3 stories. The groups differ in size, so a single outlet weighs more in the smaller ones.
- Left-leaning1 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
- Least biased2 of 8 sources
- 0.1%
- Right-leaning2 of 15 sources
- <0.1%
Source leans based on ratings by Media Bias/Fact Check.
Lean index +0.9: covered about evenly across the spectrum
Each outlet at its MBFC bias score, from −10 (far left) to +10 (far right), as high as the share of its stories that mention mortgage rate. The lean index is the average score of the outlets covering it, weighted by that share.
lean indexour sources' average (+0.4)leftcenterright
Bias scores by Media Bias/Fact Check.
2 sources have no MBFC bias score and are not shown.
Lean index per day
Related keywords
Keywords that appear in the same articles as mortgage rate, Sep 27 to Oct 26: the share of its articles that also mention them, with the number of shared articles.
The search icon lists the articles that mention both.
Example articles
The article that features mortgage rate most, per source.
- The New York TimesHomeownership Drifts Further Out of Reach as Mortgage Rates Rise
- SemaforUS house sales drop to 12 year lows as borrowing costs spike
- The HillMortgage rates surge once again
- The Washington TimesAverage long-term U.S. mortgage rate eases to 7.32% in first pullback since late August
- Fox BusinessMortgage rates rise for seventh straight week, squeezing homebuyers
All articles
Every article that mentions mortgage rate, Sep 27 to Oct 26. Relevance says how central it is to the article; ● marks a mention in the title. Combine with another keyword, text or sources.
| Article | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| The New York Times | Mortgage Rates Remain Above 7%, Pushing Home Prices Lower in Some AreasThe New York Times | 0.80● | |
| The Washington Times | Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate eases to 7.32% in first pullback since late AugustThe Washington Times | 0.80● | |
| The New York Times | Homeownership Drifts Further Out of Reach as Mortgage Rates RiseThe New York Times | 0.90● | |
| Semafor | US house sales drop to 12 year lows as borrowing costs spikeSemafor | 0.60 | |
| Fox Business | Mortgage rates rise for seventh straight week, squeezing homebuyersFox Business | 0.90● | |
| The New York Times | Highest Mortgage Rates in 3 Years Chills the Housing MarketThe New York Times | 0.90● | |
| The Hill | How rising mortgage rates are hitting the housing market hard — at a terrible time for GOPThe Hill | 0.80● | |
| The Hill | Mortgage rates surge once againThe Hill | 0.90● |