A crisis of unaffordability has held the housing market hostage. That situation is not likely to change anytime soon, ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been higher in October thanks to unexpectedly strong ...

For that to happen, home prices would need to fall by as much as $121,000 for housing to be affordable again, she estimated. That's unlikely to happen in the near future, she added: Right now, a ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates, then standard 30-year mortgage rates went up. It’s a warning that lower rates from ...

Homebuyers are making their return to the housing market as mortgage rates and housing prices fall. One measure: More people are touring homes.

When investors buy more Treasury bonds, their yields typically fall. Lenders often use these Treasury rates as a benchmark ...

The job market and employers made a surprisingly strong showing in the September jobs report, new figures show.

Today’s interest rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage is 5.38%, which is 0.13 percentage points higher than yesterday. The ...

By Joseph Finora The Federal Reserve’s move last week that lowered interest rates by 50 basis points was the first time it ...

The business of refinancing mortgages is poised for takeoff, with volume last week nearly three times higher than in the same ...

As mortgage rates drop and first-time homebuyers plunge into the market, a variety of nonprofits and new state programs stand ready to help.

As of Sept. 19, the rate for a fixed-rate mortgage was coming in at 6.09%. That’s 110 basis points down from a year ago, and ...