The Federal Housing Finance Agency is increasing the size of home loans that the government can guarantee against default as ...

Homebuyers and homeowners who are hoping to secure certain types of mortgages will still need to practice patience.

Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 5.37%, and for 20-year mortgages, the ...

As increasing home costs prompt Americans to find affordable housing alternatives, the Federal Housing Finance Agency makes a ...

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

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance slipped to 6.27% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.33% ...

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 ...

More lenders are approving home equity loans without traditional appraisals, cutting weeks off the process. Here's how ...

Still, the number of Americans turning to these riskier loans has climbed sharply. The share of homebuyers using ARM loans has more than tripled over the past five years, according to the Mortgage ...

Home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) allow homeowners to tap into the value of their homes. A home ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...