Home Mortgage

Refinancing your mortgage might be an option even after going through bankruptcy.

Paying off credit cards via a home refinance could change your credit utilization and help your credit score, if you don't go charging again.

Trying to refi if your home wasn't reaffirmed in bankruptcy? It can have consequences.

A loan modification will change your bankruptcy payments some, but it's still worth it.

If you're carrying a large debt load, a cash-out refinance can help put you on a better path.

If you already filed Ch. 7, you can file Ch. 13 to help bring your mortgage current, but be careful.

Don't give up hope on getting a mortgage just because your credit score is not perfect.

Taking on new credit cards to get sign-up bonuses and then canceling the cards will ding your credit score, and your ability to get a loan. 

Getting a bankruptcy dismissed will take time, making it tough to sell a home.

Closing accounts can ding your credit. Before you refinance, double-check with the bank.

When trying for a new lease, the marks on your credit left by an eviction are harder to remove than stains on an old carpet.

To get a mortgage these days, home buyers are typically required to have three credit scores. But what do you do if you don't have three credit scores?

Here's a path for mortgage applicants without much of a credit history. 

USAA, a financial services company that serves U.S. military personnel, over wants to take to the skies in an effort to fast-track insurance claims.

Gear up to understand variations in car, homeowners and health insurance policies and how their deductibles work.

Location is weighing more heavily on the choice between buying and renting, according to new real-estate data.

Investing in real estate isn't as easy as it seems. Learn from other's lessons.

Sales of existing, single-family homes fell more than expected in August, declining 4.8%, according to the National Association of Realtors, which could be a cautionary sign for the housing market.

U.S. single-family home prices were unchanged on a non-seasonally adjusted basis from December to January, led by strong increases in the South and West, a closely watched survey said on Tuesday.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are working with housing regulators and mortgage lenders to ease credit for many consumers who have been shut out of the home buying market.