Home prices are rising, meaning homeowners need higher incomes to pay for a mortgage. However, many young consumers do not ...

And about 90% of mortgage holders had a rate that was less than 6%; some 80% with a rate less than 5%; and almost a third had a rate less than 3%, meaning refi opportunities would be hard to come by.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roger Valdez writes about housing economics and policy. Like other aspects of the housing discourse in the United States today ...

California’s growing wildfire risk is affecting the state’s mortgage market, a new study has found, with brick-and-mortar banks approving fewer home loans in risky areas — while their online ...

Buying a house with cash frees you from the burden of a mortgage, but it has risks as well. See what to consider before submitting an all-cash offer.

Mortgage rates fell this week, according to data from Freddie Mac released on Thursday. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.85%, down from 6.89% last week.

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Mortgage rates barely budged last week, but homebuyers may be inching back to the market despite strong spring headwinds. Refinance demand was weaker, however, pushing total application volume ...

In January, mortgage rates were hovering around 7%. By March, they’d come down closer to 6.5%. Allen Seelenbinder at Bank of America said in this market even that small of a dip can make a ...

Franklin Credit Management Corporation, a New Jersey-based mortgage servicer, has agreed to write off more than $10 million in mortgage debt owed by hundreds of Massachusetts residents due to the ...

Mortgage rates fell for a sixth week in a row to the lowest level in more than two months, Freddie Mac said Thursday. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.76%.

California’s growing wildfire risk is affecting the state’s mortgage market, a new study has found, with brick-and-mortar banks approving fewer home loans in risky areas — while their online ...