Mortgage rates are up today, but still under 7%. Today’s national average on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is 6.96%, ...

Fannie and Freddie were once private companies. As the subprime bubble inflated in the early 2000s, they lowered their ...

Rates on 30-year mortgages have shot further above the 7% mark, following a rising bond market that reacted strongly ...

Lenders' losses connected to natural disasters are expected to grow fourfold within a decade, according to a new study.

The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage rose this week to 6.86%, according to the latest Freddie Mac data released on ...

Mortgage rates climbed on Thursday on the heels of the latest U.S. credit downgrade, which pushed the 10-year Treasury yields ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) weekly application survey has been doing a good job of tracking with the more ...

If you're a homeowner with a mortgage, chances are you've been keeping a close eye on your monthly payments over the past few ...

Mortgage rates for 30-year loans are now at their most expensive level since early May of last year. Most other new purchase ...

The growing impact of severe weather events and natural disasters is expected to drive an increase in home foreclosures, a ...

When investors sell bonds, yields (rates) rise, which increases borrowing costs. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage mirrors the ... and carried out with the impact of the bond market in mind ...