Home Mortgage

Gay and lesbian couples have tools to combat discrimination from landlords.

If your spouse's credit score is too low -- 620 or lower -- you might want to apply for a mortgage in your name only.

Here are some of the more personal reasons traditional first-time buyers — America’s largest generation — are not getting into the housing market.

Getting a mortgage is challenging enough -- with strict underwriting requiring detailed explanations, sourcing of monies and debt ratios -- but adding a divorce to the picture makes it even more technical for the divorced borrower.

When extended families live under one roof, lots of coverage questions can result.

The National Association of Realtors reports on August sales of existing homes Monday at 10 a.m. Eastern.

Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates dropped this week to their lowest levels since May.

Many Americans have just absorbed a financial beating — at least as measured by their stock holdings.

The National Association of Realtors reports on July sales of existing homes Thursday at 10 a.m. Eastern.

Seven years after the real estate bust in the U.S., many people who lost their homes have rebuilt their credit and are jumping back into the market.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged lower this week, with the key 30-year loan rate remaining under 4 percent.

U.S. builders started work on single-family houses last month at the fastest pace since the Great Recession began in late 2007.

Short of cash and unsettled in their careers, young Americans are waiting longer than ever to buy their first homes.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates edged up this week after three straight weeks of declines.

Average U.S. long-term mortgage rates edged up after three straight weeks of declines.

Americans are buying more homes and at higher prices, yet new data shows that mortgage debt is little changed.

U.S. home prices rose at a steady pace in May, pushed higher by a healthy increase in sales this year.

The U.S. housing market has sizzled this summer, lifting expectations that home sales will finally help drive an economic expansion now in its seventh year.

Americans bought homes in June at the fastest rate in over eight years, pushing prices to record highs as buyer demand has eclipsed supplies.

U.S. builders broke ground on apartment complexes last month at the fastest pace in nearly 28 years, as developers anticipate that recent jobs gains will launch a wave of renters The Commerce Department said Friday that housing starts in June climbed 9.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.17 million homes.