Would-be homebuyers have another reason to be concerned: mortgage rates rose to nearly 5 percent, the highest in more than seven years and the...

Home loan originations hit a 4-year-low in the second quarter, report says Interest rates are rising, and the demand for home loans has hit...

Freddie Mac CEO Donald Layton is set to retire next year. Layton, who’s been the chief executive since 2012, will retire in the second...

Here’s some promising news for self-employed entrepreneurs, “gig” economy workers and small business owners: There’s a bipartisan push underway on Capitol Hill to make...

If you’re seriously thinking about buying a home in the months ahead, you almost certainly know how important your FICO credit score will be...

Freddie Mac is launching a new program to help keep rents down. The initiative will offer owners who cap rent increases for the duration...

The buyer of a 121-unit apartment complex in the Tampa area got a $10 million loan to finance the acquisition. The garden-style apartment complex,...

If you’ve got it, don’t piggybank it — borrow against it. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment among tens of thousands of American...

The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to release Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government control and turn them into private companies....

Could lenders’ pain be your gain if you’re shopping for a home mortgage? Maybe. Though it hasn’t been in the headlines, mortgage companies are...