Home Mortgage

A growing percentage of renters believe it is cheaper to rent than to buy a home, which helps explain why the homeownership rate remains persistently low.

A hot new scam targets home buyers: down payment wire fraud. Hackers send bogus emails, telling buyers where to wire the down payment money. The stolen money disappears. The home…

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates slipped this week after two straight weekly gains.

Long-term mortgage rates rose this week, lifting the 30-year, fixed-rate home loan to 3.85 percent.

Long-term mortgage rates rose for a second straight week as the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased to 3.91 percent, from 3.85 percent a week ago.

Each year, taxpayers subsidize America's homeowners by roughly $70 billion, with the benefits flowing disproportionately to coastal areas with high incomes and pricey homes, from New York and Washington to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

It’s too hard to qualify for a home loan. Lenders are reluctant to give conventional mortgages to people without pristine credit. If you’ve applied for a mortgage with a good,…

The U.S. Small Business Administration said on Tuesday it had approved just 13 disaster loans for homes in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Maria, nearly three weeks after the storm devastated the U.S. territory and its power grid.

Mortgage rates have risen to levels not seen since late July, though they remain a bargain compared to the peaks seen earlier this year.

Long-term mortgage rates rose this week, lifting the 30-year, fixed-rate home loan to 3.85 percent.

Long-term mortgage rates ticked up slightly this week as the average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 3.85 percent from 3.83 percent a week ago.

The average rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage was unchanged, while the 15-year fixed fell three basis points and the 5/1 ARM fell two basis points, according to a NerdWallet…

Wells Fargo says it will refund customers that paid mortgage rate lock extension fees that were requested from Sept. 16, 2013 through Feb. 28, 2017, as it looks to win back their trust following a scandal over its sales practices.

House Republicans are looking at giving homeowners a choice between taking the deduction for local property taxes or the one for mortgage interest.

Long-term mortgage rates are unchanged this week: The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remained at 3.83 percent; the 15-year home loan, popular among homeowners who refinance their mortgages, stayed at 3.13 percent, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says.

The misdeeds of a few rogue bankers in London are going to cause headaches for millions of American home buyers and homeowners. The bankers falsified a widely used interest rate index…

Republicans straining to find about $1 trillion to finance sweeping tax cuts are homing in on two popular deductions that are woven into the nation's fiscal fabric.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates were unchanged this week, leaving the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at the lowest level this year.

It doesn't take much to upend many Americans' finances.

Equifax, one of the three main credit reporting companies, said this week that a major data breach exposed Social Security numbers and other important information of millions of people.