Sept. 3, 2010 Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, as investors worried about the economy.
The average rate for a 30-year fixed loan was 4.32 percent this week, down from 4.36 percent last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Thats the [...]

WASHINGTON Aug. 31, 2010 A new federal rule this year requiring mortgage lenders to give borrowers reliable estimates of closing costs appears to be working whether its also costing borrowers more money is uncertain.
A recent survey by Bankrate.com found that, on average, origination and third-party fees on a [...]

U.S. home prices rose in June for the third straight month amid a burst of homebuying due to tax incentives that have since expired.
The Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index posted a 1 percent increase in June from May and was up 4.2 percent from a year ago. Home prices [...]