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Reverse mortgages do not affect your Social Security benefits. But they can impact your eligibility for need-based government benefits like Supplemental Security Income or Medicaid, since a lump sum ...

A no-down-payment mortgage allows you to finance 100 percent of your home. Keep in mind that you’ll likely still have to pay ...

Macroeconomic factors kept the mortgage market relatively low for much of 2021. In particular, the Federal Reserve had been buying billions of dollars of bonds in response to the pandemic's economic ...

Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 months ago. They're also nearly 1.38 percentage points cheaper than the ...

If massive layoffs seen in other government agencies hit the FHA, it could disrupt loan programs critical to many first-time ...

More than 50% of homebuyers never look beyond one offer. Use our step-by-step guide to find the best and most cost-effective ...

On a year-over-year basis, refinancing volume grew 200% as a period of lower interest rates last year spurred homeowners to ...

Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home were flat for the week and 3% higher than the same week one year ago.

If you’re a veteran or active-duty service member, a mortgage guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could be your ticket to affordable homeownership. VA loan interest rates are ...

These are today's mortgage and refinance rates. Mortgage rates have been trending down this week, but it's unclear if they'll ...