Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages dropped for a fifth day Thursday, slipping another 3 basis points to create a ...

Trump could order the Treasury Department to start buying mortgage-backed securities, like when the Federal Reserve bought ...

Inflation is hovering higher than hoped, and the Federal Reserve looks less likely to lower its benchmark rate, factors that ...

The U.S. government may soon return Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to private markets less than two decades after turmoil nearly ...

This story has been corrected to indicate Pulte is the unconfirmed nominee to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The ...

The prospect of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac returning to the private sector would have substantial ripple effects on mortgage ...

Rewinding further, the 30-year average notched a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 10 ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the sixth week in a row, a welcome boost in purchasing power for home shoppers just as the annual spring homebuying season gets going ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. eased for the fifth week in a row to its lowest level since late December, ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two pillars of the U.S. mortgage ... were lost to foreclosure according to an estimate from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. At the time, the Treasury Department ...