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High-cost areas such as L.A., Orange and San Diego counties receive a second-tier loan limit, named high-balance or jumbo ...

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Years ago, the Federal Housing Administration helped finance thousands of loans for manufactured housing. An effort to ...

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With over four years of experience writing in the housing market space, Robin Rothstein demystifies mortgage and loan concepts, helping first-time homebuyers and homeowners make informed decisions as ...

If you've had your mortgage for a while or have built equity in your home, you may have considered refinancing. Refinancing is when you take out a new home loan to pay off the existing one to ...

Today’s average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.24%, down 2.06% from the previous week, according to the ...

Mortgage applications rose 0.2% last week despite elevated rates, driven by increased government purchase loan applications.

There are several advantages to the 20% rule, including that it lowers your mortgage rate and increases your mortgage ...

VantageScore, owned by the three major credit bureaus Experian, Equifax and Transunion, will be another choice for mortgage ...

The housing market has been stuck in a rut because of high mortgage rates and home prices. - . Mortgage rates took a dive on ...