Yes, pay off your mortgage even if you get a tax deduction for paying interest. Yes, pay off your mortgage even if the asset is appreciating more than the interest rate you are paying.
Because my back felt better the day of my appointment, DiBenedetto didn't crack it. But he did give me a brief education in chiropractic medicine. I came away from my first visit to a chiropractor with great respect for the profession.
LOS ANGELES -- U.S. homeowners are getting better about keeping up with their mortgage payments, driving the percentage of borrowers who have fallen b...
The foreclosure review materials scored ZERO readability -- the only documents I know of that score that low are IRS publications. Is that the standard the regulators and servicers wanted to match?
SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Kenneth Harney Call it the retiree refinancing squeeze: Growing numbers of retired homeowners — including milliona...
WASHINGTON — Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages fell again to record lows, giving would-be buyers more incentive to brave the housing market. ...
The premise of these rules evolves around two principles -- protecting homeowners from surprise costs and preventing them from getting the runaround from their services.
WASHINGTON -- The government is proposing rules to simplify getting a home mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday unveiled re...
For many aspiring first-time buyers, home ownership is becoming a distant dream in the United States and abroad. While house prices have fallen in...
If times are tough for you and your family, we can help connect you with the tools and information you need to get back on your feet. We're launching ...
After all that's happened in the past half-decade, why can't economists look around? The housing bubble took an extraordinary toll on American households, but economists have yet to meaningfully grapple with its impact.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lynn Szymoniak's four-year foreclosure nightmare is finally over -- but the high-profile activist and attorney said she couldn't f...
I love the smell of "banker repentance" in the morning. Case in point: One of the multi-billion-dollar settlements that's in the pipeline and simmerin...
The housing market today is unpredictable which raises the question: how will the unstable housing market affect first-time homebuyers as they enter the market?
Like a fat kid and chocolate cake, some things are just inseparable. And CEO Jaime Dimon of JPMorgan Chase has proven that parable with his near insatiable appetite in saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
The foreclosure crisis just resulted in a very expensive mix-up for one Mississippi resident. Terry Jordan was sold the wrong foreclosed home by h...
The divorce process can be a harrowing financial ordeal. Following these 5 easy steps will assist you in making the path a far easier one to walk.
The banks' almost near-inability to properly staff qualified personnel was a part of the comedy of errors. As an example, some of it was lost in translation -- literally.
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) recently announced a policy change in how they will treat mortgage loan applications for those whose credit histories contain unpaid collection accounts.
Why is the banking industry -- for the most part, since I personally detest over generalizations, resistant to essentially doing the right thing and/or at least doing it in a timely matter?
As a former 1 percent member who got his backside kicked in the real estate "boom and bust" over the last decade, I'm officially a 99 percent member (misery loves company) -- and it's with unique privilege that I can report stories from the frontline.
In this tough economic market everyone wants to save money, especially home sellers. A home seller may want to consider or even actually venture into ...
By Cora Currier ProPublica Some homeowners are getting stuck with relatively high interest rates even after they participate in the government's p...
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve says Morgan Stanley will review foreclosures carried out by its old mortgage subsidiary and reimburse any homeowners...
WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) - A federal watchdog faulted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance companies propped up with taxpayer fund...
