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What the latest Fed decision means in your city
Repayments on a typical home in New York, before and after the most recent central bank decision. Change any assumption.
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Change in the monthly repayment
−$32 a month
Since the Fed’s October 28, 2026 decision, using Freddie Mac’s weekly 30-year fixed rate.
- Home price used$731,000
- Loan (after deposit)$584,800
- Monthly repayment before, at 7.32%$4,017
- Monthly repayment after, at 7.24%$3,985
- Fortnightly repayment, before → after$1,853 → $1,839
- Total repaid over the loan, before$1,446,181
- Total repaid over the loan, after$1,434,744
- Extra paid over the life of the loan−$11,437
Where the defaults come from
Home price: Estimated typical home value for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area: the Census Bureau’s 2024 median value of owner-occupied homes ($648,800, ±$2,533) moved forward by FHFA’s house price index for the metro (+12.6% from the 2024 average to 2026Q2), rounded to the nearest $1,000.
Rates: before = Freddie Mac PMMS for the week of October 22, 2026, the last survey before the Fed’s October 28, 2026 decision (30-yr 7.32%, 15-yr 6.68%). After = latest survey, week of October 29, 2026 (30-yr 7.24%, 15-yr 6.60%). Fixed mortgage rates follow bond markets, not only the Fed, so this is the change since the decision, not a change caused only by it. Excludes taxes, insurance and PMI.
Home price:
Rates: before = the RBA’s average rate on new owner-occupier variable loans, 6.20% for August 2026 (Statistical Table F6, series FLRHOFVA), plus 0.25 pt for earlier cash rate changes that took effect after that month, assumed passed on in full (6.45%). After = that rate plus the 0.25 pt change in the cash rate target effective 4 November 2026, assuming the lender passes it on in full. Principal and interest. Fortnightly figures use 26 repayments a year with interest charged each fortnight.
Standard amortisation formula. Not a lender quote, not advice. Full method: Data & methodology.
Monthly change by city
Change in the monthly repayment on a typical home with a 20% deposit and a 30-year loan, using the same rates as above. US dollars.
Metro areas
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Defaults above: 20% deposit, 30-year loan. 30-year fixed rate. Download table (CSV)
| City | Home price | Monthly before | Monthly after | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $731,000 | $4,017 | $3,985 | −$32 |
| Los Angeles | $950,000 | $5,221 | $5,179 | −$41 |
| Chicago | $382,000 | $2,099 | $2,083 | −$17 |
| Dallas–Fort Worth | $395,000 | $2,171 | $2,154 | −$17 |
| Houston | $342,000 | $1,879 | $1,865 | −$15 |
| Miami | $534,000 | $2,935 | $2,911 | −$23 |
| Washington, DC | $635,000 | $3,490 | $3,462 | −$28 |
| Atlanta | $414,000 | $2,275 | $2,257 | −$18 |
| Philadelphia | $413,000 | $2,270 | $2,252 | −$18 |
| Phoenix | $483,000 | $2,654 | $2,633 | −$21 |
| Boston | $738,000 | $4,056 | $4,024 | −$32 |
| Riverside–San Bernardino | $599,000 | $3,292 | $3,266 | −$26 |
| San Francisco | $1,094,000 | $6,012 | $5,964 | −$48 |
| Detroit | $299,000 | $1,643 | $1,630 | −$13 |
| Seattle | $767,000 | $4,215 | $4,182 | −$33 |
| Minneapolis–St. Paul | $409,000 | $2,248 | $2,230 | −$18 |
| Tampa | $391,000 | $2,149 | $2,132 | −$17 |
| San Diego | $958,000 | $5,265 | $5,223 | −$42 |
| Denver | $634,000 | $3,484 | $3,457 | −$28 |
| Orlando | $421,000 | $2,314 | $2,295 | −$18 |
| Charlotte | $420,000 | $2,308 | $2,290 | −$18 |
| Baltimore | $429,000 | $2,358 | $2,339 | −$19 |
| St. Louis | $294,000 | $1,616 | $1,603 | −$13 |
| San Antonio | $310,000 | $1,704 | $1,690 | −$13 |
| Austin | $483,000 | $2,654 | $2,633 | −$21 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 ACS 1-year, table B25077 (public domain); FHFA House Price Index®, all-transactions, NSA (public domain); Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (used with attribution). Approximate location: IP Geolocation by DB-IP (CC BY 4.0).