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

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

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

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

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

Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages dropped for a sixth day Thursday, ticking down 1 basis point to an average of 6.59%. In the past six days, the flagship rate has shed 24 points. The current ...

The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage of 6.85% is just five basis points lower than the same time last year, following ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...