Below is a list of “mortgage help” topics I feel are beneficial to anyone thinking about buying real estate, getting a mortgage, currently going through the mortgage process, or even those who already ...

Each month, Fannie Mae releases a forecast for home prices, sales, and mortgage rates, among other things. Between September’s report and October’s, they raised their estimate for the 30-year fixed a ...

If you’re thinking about selling your home, you might be curious what kind of proceeds you’ll receive. My cost to sell a home calculator can give you a better idea of what you could walk away with. It ...

Well that didn’t take long. One day after mortgage rates finally caught a much-needed break, bond yields are right back at new 52-week highs. The bellwether 10-year yield briefly touched 5.35% this ...

The nation’s largest mortgage lender just got rid of its minimum credit score requirement on most home loans. The move is effective immediately and applies to conventional loans backed by Fannie Mae ...

It’s been tough sledding for mortgage rates since early March. And especially rough over the past month and change, with very few down days. But today just might be a winner though because both oil ...

Everyone knows mortgage rates are a lot higher today than they were just a month ago. We’re all aware that housing affordability has gone downhill quick as a result. But one thing we might be ...

There are several ways to get lower mortgage rates. You can get inflation down, which is a positive for bonds and thus mortgage-backed securities. Or you can get a slowing in the economy, driven by ...

The longer this aggressive uptrend goes on, the more it feels like 8% mortgage rates are inevitable. By some accounts, we are only about a half of a percentage point away. And given the current ...

Well, we got a tame PCE report this morning, which would normally be good news for mortgage rates. But instead of seeing bond yields drop and relief come, rates are under pressure once again. Part of ...

If you’ve ever looked at a mortgage rate chart, you’ll see that mortgage rates experienced a double-top in the early 1980s. That’s when mortgage rates hit all-time highs, with the 30-year fixed ...

Mortgage rates feel pretty hopeless right now. They’ve risen from sub-6% to the mid-7s in just the past six months. With a meteoric rise over the past month, climbing nearly a full percentage point.