Average fixed mortgage rates are down slightly this week, hovering just above their record lows, according to Freddie Mac. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.88 percent this week. It has been below 4 percent ...

Home values in the United States rose 0.5 percent from February to March, which may not sound like much but represents the largest monthly increase since May 2006, according to Zillow’s first quarter market ...

Speaker John Boehner said the House will vote Friday on a bill to extend the lowered rate on federally subsidized Stafford loans, but the proposal left a taste of political one-upmanship. The $5.9 billion Republican ...

The Federal Reserve’s policy-setting committee said today it expects U.S. economic growth to remain moderate over coming quarters and then to pick up gradually. Following its two-day meeting, the Fed’s Federal ...

Despite the lowest contract interest rates recorded by the Mortgage Bankers Association, applications for home loans decreased last week compared to the previous week. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage ...

President Obama will travel to North Carolina, Colorado and Iowa next week in a campaign to convince Congress to prevent interest rates on federally-subsidized student loans from doubling in July. Subsidized Stafford ...

The average annual percentage rate (APR) on new credit card offers was unchanged this week at 14.91 percent from the previous week, according to the CreditCards.com. The average is composed of 100 of the most popular ...

Average fixed mortgage rates edged higher this week as signs indicate inflation remains stable, according to Freddie Mac. Meanwhile, the average 5-year ARM hit a new all-time low of 2.78 percent, from its previously ...

A refinancing surge spurred an increase of 6.9 percent in overall mortgage applications compared to a week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association for the week ending April 13, 2012. A revisiting ...

The average annual percentage rate of the most popular credit cards dropped this week to 14.91 percent, from 14.96 percent last week, according to the CreditCards.com. This marks the sixth time this year that rates ...