Home Mortgage

Here's how homebuyers of different ages can overcome common stumbling blocks specific to their age group.

Good condo insurance covers everything inside the unit, beyond the bare walls and floor.

The amount of paperwork involved in buying a home can be intimidating. Here's what homebuyers should be prepared to deal with. 

How do you protect yourself from mortgage scams? By listening to a one-time scammer.

Home buyers might have missed the market's bottom, but there's still plenty of time to hop in.

To gain a competitive, homebuyers are utilizing mobile applications to instantly learn more about the homes and neighborhoods they're interested in.

You've just won a financial settlement. Now you need to make wise decisions on how to invest.

After virtually disappearing for years, the 10% down payment is back. But that might not be good news for all home buyers. 

In some areas of the country, institutional buyers are pricing individuals out of the market.

You got a foreclosure notice and moved out. But did the bank stick you with taxes and insurance?

Don't forget retirement savings while focusing on paying off your mortgage.

The mortgage interest rate deduction is on the chopping block on Capitol Hill as lawmakers look to reform the tax code and close the budget deficit. But would getting rid of the deduction entirely bring more economic instability?

That HELOC will add to your debt, not take it away. There are other ways to fix your finances.

If you have shaky credit, getting a new mortgage will be difficult, but not impossible.

Discount points paid to a lender at closing can lower your mortgage interest rate--but it doesn't always make financial sense.

A livelier housing market blooms and cash-out refis return. See what else this spring offers.

Is your home equity lender making unreasonable demands? It might be time to tip off regulators.

If planning to raid retirement funds for a down payment on a house, know the downside.

Here are four options to discuss with a financial advisor about how to handle an aging parent's estate before they pass away.

It wasn't by much, but mortgage rates fell again, to their lowest level in three months.