AP Photo/Chuck Burton Real estate agent Lauren Newman prepares to show Steve Martin a home for sale in Mount Pleasant, S.C., just over the bridge from historic Charleston on April 20, 2016. If you’re about to buy a home, shop for a car or borrow for college, the pros have some advice: Go ahead. The Fed’s move to slightly raise its key rate should have little effect on mortgages or auto and student loans.

January 1, 2017