Some mortgage rate scenarios are more likely to occur than others next year. Here's what borrowers can do in each.

If you’re getting ready to buy a new home or refinance your mortgage in District of Columbia, understanding current rates is ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

Both products provide financing with traditionally low rates, but there are unique benefits and downsides to both.

And as rates decline, refinancing activity rises: Refinance applications rose 111% compared to the same week last year, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly application survey ...

Non-banks tracked by Morningstar DBRS reported combined net income of $367 million for the third quarter, down from $807 ...

NO: Naïve pundits might recalculate mortgage payments without changing rates for the longer loan term. Anyone who assumes ...

Most mortgages have 30-year terms. The goal of extending them by 20 years would be to lower monthly payments to a level accessible to more prospective homeowners — and jump-start the sluggish housing ...

President Donald Trump proposed 50-year mortgages recently as a solution to persistent affordability issues in the real ...

As I type these words, I am sitting in front of one of Chuck Berry’s early residences in St. Louis. STL has a good musical reputation, a fine mortgage association, a Fed that puts out great research, ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced this week that the Trump administration is working on a novel ...

In simple terms, Mallah argues that by removing his initial investment through refinancing, his personal capital in the ...