Mortgages

A decade after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were put under government control, a Trump administration-appointed regulator is stepping in to try again to...

Mortgage rates fell for the sixth straight week, hitting their lowest point since September 2017. The 30-year fixed-rate average slid to 3.82 percent and...

Fitch Ratings will include natural disaster risks into its ratings of residential mortgage-backed securities, a sign that the industry is beginning to acknowledge the...

The Trump administration’s plan to return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private ownership, which the president has called a “pretty urgent” issue, may...

More Americans are opting to live in multi-generational houses. Now, lenders are working to make it easier for such family units to take out...

Home prices rose at a slower pace in March, signaling the U.S. housing market is continuing to cool down despite declining mortgage rates and...

Real estate investment trusts are betting big on the country’s mortgage market. REITs that buy residential home loans upped their portfolios of mortgage bonds...

A mammoth house made for lobbyist-level entertaining in the Washington, D.C., area is headed for auction. A live on-site auction with no reserve will...

The tech boom in Silicon Valley has made housing too expensive for thousands of people in San Francisco and the Bay Area who live...

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company which owns the New York Stock Exchange, has a commanding role in stock markets worldwide. But now the Atlanta-based...

For months, there have been warning signs of a housing market slowdown, most notably in falling home sales. But here’s something startling: One in...

For an increasing number of lenders, small mortgages don’t pay. The number of small home mortgages has decreased post-recession, as lenders have increased the...

Do you want to buy a house but worry that your credit profile will disqualify you for a mortgage? Take another look: A new...

A new report from the New York Federal Reserve sheds light on a question that’s been hanging over the American real estate market: Has...

President Trump has not been shy about his desire to end the federal conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Now, he appears to have...

Austin, Texas-based 360 Mortgage Group just revealed that it will conduct a pilot program to test the viability of no-income, no-asset mortgage loans by...

Same-sex couples have a much harder time securing a mortgage than heterosexual couples. That’s according to the results of an Iowa State University study...

American homeowners are doing something surprising: Despite record amounts of home equity available to them — an estimated $1.5 trillion worth — they are...

Have we arrived at one of those rare Goldilocks moments in real estate, where the market works well for sellers and buyers, strongly favoring...

The mortgage refinance boom was short-lived. The rebound in interest rates has slowed borrowers seeking to refinance their mortgages, CNBC reported. Mortgage application volume...