Americans are still spending even as debt levels rise. Meanwhile, homeowners now have record levels of equity that could provide a lower-cost way to consolidate debt.
Today's CPI could move mortgage rates significantly — but only if its data shock markets.
Hopes for a quick resolution of the Iran conflict evaporated yesterday, sending oil prices and mortgage rates higher.
Homeowners associations and condo boards are facing growing financial pressure, while HOA-related foreclosure filings are rising sharply.
Mortgage rates fell only modestly on Friday's bad job figures as hopes for an Iran peace deal faded. Stand by for Wednesday's star inflation report.
When a good school closes, home prices in the neighborhoods it serves fall. Last year, more than 1,000 schools closed.
Jobs reports are often the most consequential of all economic reports for mortgage rates.
Inheritors' rights are clear. But some lenders try to force beneficiaries to refinance mortgages that they are entitled to keep at the existing low rate.