Home Loans

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), mortgage applications have risen in volume 2.3 percent this week. This has largely been due to purchase applications. “Purchase applications increased for the fourth time in five weeks as we proceed further into

Country music stars Lady Antebellum announced last week that they have teamed up with QuickenLoans to sponsor a sweepstakes in which the grand prize is a year’s worth of mortgage payments (up to $24,000). According to the rules of the

Reuters is suggesting that – when the big banks begin reporting their earnings for the first quarter of the year next week – the mortgage sector is expected to be a particularly bright spot in the report. “The numbers are

CNBC’s Diana Olick released a video report on Wednesday revealing that the number of mortgage applications submitted to lenders – both to the big banks and non-bank lenders – is on the rise for the second straight week. According to

Now that housing prices are on the rise once more, house flippers are making their way back into the housing market in record numbers, hoping to snatch up distressed homes, renovate them swiftly and efficiently, and then put them back

Zillow Chief Economist Stan Humphries warned on Tuesday that the extremely low mortgage rates we’re seeing right now could pose a problem for would-be homebuyers once they’re ready to turn around and sell. “In a lot of markets, homebuyers are

Fannie Mae found in its most recent quarterly survey of lenders’ sentiments that there is lots of optimism surrounding the state of the mortgage industry as we continue to move further into 2015. The report found that, compared with the

CNBC’s “Reality Check” writer Diana Olick reported on Thursday that many homeowners are beginning to feel the pinch leftover from taking out a home equity line of credit (HELOC), which was popular between 2005 and 2008 when the financial crisis

February was a less-than-stellar month as far as mortgage interest rates go, but as it drew to a close over the weekend, consumers saw modest gains. By Friday afternoon, rates slipped to as low as 3.75 percent for a 30-year

With interest rates falling to record lows in recent months, more homeowners have been refinancing their mortgages than ever before. Still, there are plenty who didn’t jump on the bandwagon, and that’s ok. The Wall Street Journal asked John Schleck,