Discount points are a way to lower your mortgage rate, while origination points are fees lenders charge to create, review and ...

Rewinding further, the 30-year average rose to a high 7.37% last spring, so today's rates are significantly improved vs. 11 months ago. They're also more than 1.5 percentage points cheaper than the ...

Mortgage rates fell for the sixth week in a row, offering some financial relief to prospective home buyers. The 30-year ...

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

Metrics the influential government-related mortgage investor is adding appear to be in line with a broader move to examine ...

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

Rates on 30-year new purchase mortgages have dropped daily for the last eight market days. Averaging 6.52% Monday, that's now more than a 30-point drop since Feb. 19, and takes the average to its most ...

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 ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government ... market but also to the overall financial system. The Federal Reserve has from time to time bought mortgage-backed securities ...

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 sixth week in a row, a welcome boost in purchasing power for ...