Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said the government agency is "actively evaluating" portable mortgages, which would allow a homeowner to transfer their loan from their current home ...

Mortgage rates are the quiet line item that can add or erase six figures from the cost of a home, yet the jargon around them ...

Before most house hunters can close the deal, they need to qualify for a mortgage. Learning how to apply for a mortgage in advance — and breaking the process down into digestible steps — can help ...

Adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, are home loans with fluctuating interest rates. The main difference between adjustable- and fixed-rate mortgages is that fixed-rate mortgages keep the same rate for ...

Adjustable-rate mortgages, explained Mortgage rates have been historically low for the last few years, but they are on the rise. As interest rates inch up, adjustable-rate mortgages often become more ...

Are you looking for ways to increase your cash flow in retirement? If you own your home (or most of it), a reverse mortgage may be able to help. It can eliminate your existing mortgage payment and ...

The growth of “halal mortgages” over the past 20 years has expanded financial access to homeownership for many Muslims. Halal mortgages provide interest-free loans in keeping with Islamic beliefs.

Dear Annie: With reference to a recent column in which the reader said she had lost her home to a reverse mortgage, there are two primary ways this can happen, and I want to explain how to avoid this ...