The key to obtaining a lower mortgage rate is a good credit score. But new research has also found a direct link between ...

In a report released in August, the Consumer Federation of America and the Climate and Community Institute found that having ...

HUD’s RFI on reverse mortgage programs highlights an industry focus on mortgage insurance costs and liquidity constraints.

Looming health insurance cost increases could directly threaten homebuying prospects and keep many current homeowners from ...

Mortgage rates jumped substantially this morning. Thirty-year fixed rates rose by 10 basis points, and 15-year fixed rates rose by nine basis points, while 5/1 ARM rates saw a smaller bump at four ...

Even after she escaped rising floodwaters by wading away from her home in chest-deep water during Hurricane Rita in 2005, Sandra Rojas, now 69, stayed put. A fifth-generation resident of Lafitte, ...

The time had finally arrived—my husband and I had saved enough for a home down payment and we were off to the bank to get ...

The older couple was absolutely flabbergasted. They had just received their first reverse mortgage payment in the mail when, two days later, they got an offer for additional mortgage insurance. “We ...