mortgage

Contract signings to purchase homes fell in September to the lowest level on record, as buyers fled the housing market in the wake of the average 30-year mortgage rate crossing…

Drive through Baltimore’s city center, and you’ll see street after street of historical row homes, many of them more than 100 years old. Roughly half of the city’s 300,000 or…

When you sell your house, your mortgage gets paid off at closing. The title or escrow company uses the buyer’s funds to pay your lender the remaining balance, along with…

Mortgage rates will remain elevated above 7% through the end of next year, according to the forecast of a top housing economist with the Mortgage Bankers Association. “Inflation is too…

A reader writes: “We’d better get real quick or we’re going to have a financial crisis that makes the Great Recession of 2008 look like a picnic.”

Q. Is borrowing to invest in a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) a good idea for me? I’m 45 years old and earn $110,000 annually. My wife works part time,…

Canadians renewing their mortgages this year might wish they were part of the American system that locks rates in for 30 years. But as the saying goes, be careful what…

A flattening Treasury yield curve is part of the problem for mortgage-backed securities, says Harley Bassman.

Mortgage rates jumped to 6.71 percent this week, as an Iran-conflict-driven bond sell-off pushed Treasury yields sharply higher. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate climbed to 6.71 percent for the week…

There’s a long checklist when deciding where to live, especially in your retirement years.