https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/09/18/fed-slashing-interest-rates-buy-home-bay-area-now/ > The news many prospective homebuyers have been waiting for has finally arrived: the Federal Reserve is slashing interest rates. > Does that mean Bay Area house hunters should fire up Zillow in anticipation of scoring a deal on a mortgage? Not quite yet, local real estate experts say.