Bankrate, LLC
With five decades of trust and market leadership, Bankrate is transforming into an AI-powered fintech platform that puts consumers in control—connecting them to the best financial products to save more, earn more, and get ahead faster. Bankrate, LLC NMLS #1427381 BR Tech Services, Inc. NMLS #1743443 Nmlsconsumeraccess.org/www.bankrate.com
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Oct 15, 2026
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
Mortgage rates were up.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
Bankrate.com, 30-year fixed rate, 7.61%, up 1.41 points.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
And jobless claims were down.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
A four-week moving average, down 9.6%.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
Mortgage rates were up.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
Bankrate.com 30-year fixed rate 7.61%, up 1.41 points.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
And jobless claims were down.
Jim MichaelieNARRATOR
A four-week moving average down 9.6%.
Ron ShevlinHOST
I'm gonna push back on your push back because let's, let's think about how this is actually gonna work.
Ron ShevlinHOST
F- first of all, Bankrate has been around for more than 25 years, and even the laziest person can go to bankrate.com and find out who's offering the highest rates.
Ron ShevlinHOST
But does the money move to those companies? No.
Ron ShevlinHOST
Doesn't, never has.
JakeHOST
So much so.
JakeHOST
Sorry, just a few more statistics to that point, Matt, which is Bankrate also did a survey that said one in three people, 36%, were willing to go in debt to pay for travel or a trip, meaning that, like, it's become so much part of our culture that people are like, "I would actually rather go in debt than not take the trip." Those numbers go up to 47% for millennials and 42% for Gen Z.
MattHOST
Yeah.
JakeHOST
So essentially, half of the younger people would rather go into debt than not take the vacation in a given year.
Bobby KerrGUEST
They're going to other outside sources, right? They're going to Zillow on the mortgage lender platform of Zillow.
Bobby KerrGUEST
They're going to Bankrate.
Bobby KerrGUEST
They're going to LendingTree.
Bobby KerrGUEST
They're looking at NerdWallet.
Bobby KerrGUEST
They call it the experience, expertise, authoritativeness, and trustworthiness.
David LykkenHOST
Interesting.
Bobby KerrGUEST
So if you are not on these other platforms that signifies your excellence on the industry-specific ones, like I said, Zillow lender platform, Bankrate, LendingTree, NerdWallet, ex- expertise.
Bobby KerrGUEST
If you're not there, plus some non-industry-specific ones like Better Business Bureau, Yelp, okay? These are- Platforms that ChatGPT and Google Gemini, Bing Places is another one.
Mitchell HartmanCORRESPONDENT
Last week, it hit 7.4%.
Mitchell HartmanCORRESPONDENT
Plus, says Jeff Ostrowski at Bankrate,
Jeff OstrowskiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Home prices are high and not coming down.
Jeff OstrowskiSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People who own homes are staying put, and people who don't own homes are putting off their decision to buy.
Kelley LongGUEST
So he didn't know that I didn't have the $1,500 to pay for this all-inclusive hotel for a week.
Kelley LongGUEST
So I quickly got onto bankrate.com, found a 0% promo rate card and put the hotel on that credit card, divided the payment by however many months the promo rate was, and that was my payment.
Kelley LongGUEST
So it didn't cost me anything to put that on a credit card.
Kelley LongGUEST
And in fact, it helped my credit score because I had, I increased my credit, available credit, and I also, you know, made on-time payments.
Mitchell HartmanCORRESPONDENT
Last week, it hit seven point four percent.
Mitchell HartmanCORRESPONDENT
Plus, says Jeff Ostrowski at Bankrate-
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Home prices are high and not coming down.
speaker_4SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
People who own homes are staying put, and people who don't own homes are, are putting off their decision to buy.
Michael WassermanGUEST
But there's already a ton of evidence that people dislike tipping.
Michael WassermanGUEST
I think on, on Bankrate they're like, uh, something like 63 or 70% of Americans are already in a negative mindset on tipping cul- tipping culture.
Michael WassermanGUEST
Because it's, it's a trick.
Michael WassermanGUEST
It's, it's a magic trick, and you're making somebody feel like you're doing something for an authentic reason, that you're, you know, out of the goodness of your heart, you are allowing them to use your platform for free, and then you're sort of handing out your hand for something in return.
Mel AbrahamHOST
Fewer than half of the Americans have enough liquidity to cover a $1,000 emergency.
Mel AbrahamHOST
That's by a survey by Bankrate.com just recently.
Mel AbrahamHOST
Fewer than half.
Mel AbrahamHOST
So for most of the country, every one of these next items is a crisis.
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