The U.S. housing market recovery is underway. New home sales are at a multi-year high, housing starts are at pre-recession...

Home values are rising in many U.S. markets. The S&P/Case-Shiller Index has home values up 1.2 percent as compared to last...

The average family puts 10-15 percent of its monthly spending toward food, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and...

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According to Freddie Mac's weekly mortgage rate survey, for 13 straight weeks, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage has...

Credit scores play a huge role in today's mortgage market -- larger than at any time in recent history. Blame it on the high...

It's no secret. Rates are low right now. And, it's not just mortgage rates, either -- all types of rates are scraping...

Last week, the Federal Reserve pledged to leave the Fed Funds Rate near 0.000 percent until at least mid-2013. For credit...