The USDA Streamlined Refinance and Streamline-Assist programs require minimal documentation and no home appraisal. The ...

The $8 million pilot program, funded by the state of Michigan, is expected to help more than 320 Michigan families and ...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...

Many experts say privatizing Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae could significantly alter the mortgage market. Fannie Mae and Freddie ...

My daughter bought a home for roughly $350,000 then took out two loans for $20,000. I've heard debt consolidation is a bad thing to do, but this might be her best option as she can't make all of the ...

The agency was established under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act in the aftermath of the subprime-mortgage crisis, during which reckless lending by the mortgage ...

Soldiers recently returning home from duty overseas could get an interest-free government loan to help start a business, under a bill laid over by a House division. Sponsored by Rep. Jerry Newton, ...

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