How soon you can pull equity out of your home is not so much about time as it is about the size of your ownership stake. Most ...

If and when mortgage rates finally drop and it makes sense to refinance, you might receive a call about this news from your ...

My wife decided to agree to purchase a home from her daughter, my stepdaughter. As her daughter is family, a simple agreement was drawn up, not an actual real-estate contract to purchase. The ...

Another creative program uses the highest credit score of all borrowers as the basis for loan pricing. Normally, lenders use ...

In the week ending May 15, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.81%, Freddie Mac announced, up from 6.76% last week. So ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. rose this week, returning to where it was just three weeks ago ...

Mortgage rates affect home affordability and long-term costs. Rates vary by economy, loan type and borrower credit. Lower ...

Due to a variety of reasons, your home equity may be "trapped." But there are still viable options to consider.

Vice President of Lending for Team Hochberg at Homeside Financial and host of WGN’s “Home Sweet Home Chicago” David Hochberg joins Bob Sirott to talk about how tariffs are impacting mortgage ...

After bobbing up and down earlier this month, 30-year mortgage rates are now on a five-day climb. Rates ticked higher for ...

The states with the highest percentage of non-current mortgage loans had an average year-over-year change of 0.7%, as of ...