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Hollywood-inspired homes that have the “look, but don’t touch elegance” are a fading trend and home owners now are preferring natural, comfortable spaces. Consumers’ three favorite home designs…

Borrowers may no longer need to worry about collecting pay stubs for a home mortgage application. Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae announced Monday that it would allow lenders…

Amid a newly released weaker than expected jobs report, mortgage rates were back on a downward spiral this week. For the 11th consecutive week, the average on 30-year…

Low mortgage rates, declining home prices, and homes that are lingering on the market longer are three main reasons why the next three months could be the best…

Low mortgage rates, declining home prices, and homes that are lingering on the market longer are three main reasons why the next three months could be the best…

Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages continue to hold below 4 percent, often an attractive lure for home buyers and refinancers. “In contrast to the volatility in equity markets, the 10-year…

Contracts to buy homes dropped nationwide in August, as home prices continued to inch upward, the National Association of REALTORS® reports. Modest increases in pending home sales in…

Buyers who are willing to close on a home purchase during the off-peak seasons – like fall and winter – tend to have the upper-hand, according to Jonathan…

For the third consecutive week, averaged fixed mortgage rates edged down as uncertainty about the economy continued to push Treasury yields lower, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly…

Freddie Mac’s new mortgage product that allows borrowers to put down just 3 percent is off to a strong start, says Freddie Mac’s Chief Executive Donald Layton. Layton…

The U.S. housing market may be finding more balance, according to a new report from realtor.com®. For the first three weeks in July, the median list price rose…

Average fixed mortgage rates continue to fluctuate week-to-week, with the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropping below 4 percent this week, offering temporary relief to home buyers and refinancers after…

Limited inventories of for-sale homes continue to push home prices higher across the country. For 10 states, those limited listings even propelled markets to new home price peaks…

The residential real estate market, now at its midpoint in 2015, is on track for its best year since the peak of the housing bubble in 2006, notes…

Former home owners who lost their home to a foreclosure or a short sale are re-entering the housing market. Some housing analysts believe they could provide a big…

Home buyers are turning out in markets across the country for the spring selling season, and some markets are seeing more action than others. “We are now firmly…

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau debuted a new tool kit this week that sets out to turn home buyers into smarter mortgage shoppers. The tool kit is part…