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  • US mortgage debt rises to $8.8 trillion

    13:00 | 14/2/18
    Marketplace.org
    Most of that increase - about $139 billion - has been in mortgage debt. Americans owe a total of $8.88 trillion in mortgages loans. That's a good thing, according to Joelle Scally, the administrator of the Center for Microeconomic Data at the New ... more»

  • Mortgage volume stalls as rates rise to the highest level in four years

    01:01 | 8/2/18
    CNBC
    The first week in February usually marks the start of the busy spring housing market, but you wouldn't know that from the mortgage market. Total mortgage application volume barely moved last week, up just 0.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from ... more»

  • Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Federal Reserve stunts Wells Fargo's growth

    18:03 | 5/2/18
    HousingWire (blog)
    It seems not to far outside the realm of possibility that this fed order will not be around for long. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Friday said that he and his family were "under attack by the media questioning our integrity and ... more»

  • Mortgage rates are trending higher

    04:00 | 2/2/18
    Washington Post
    [Federal Reserve keeps interest rate the same as Janet Yellen passes baton to Jerome Powell]. When the economy is booming, the potential for inflation makes bonds less appealing and prices for bonds fall. more»

  • Home Down Payments: 7 Myths Debunked

    00:48 | 14/1/18
    Motley Fool
    You may actually be able to get a mortgage paying little to nothing down. If that appeals to you, look into VA loans or USDA Rural Development loans (which apply to lots of not-so-rural areas near cities), as they offer mortgages with $0 down payments ... more»

  • Housing Outlook 2018: 6 Predictions From The Experts

    03:26 | 4/1/18
    Forbes
    In 2017 Americans learned to expect the unexpected, whether it be politics, weather or housing. Driven by record low inventory, little about the housing market went as forecast last year. “We thought there would be some things to take the pressure off ... more»

  • The home equity loan interest deduction is dead. What does it mean for homeowners?

    05:52 | 23/12/17
    Marketplace.org
    According to the most recent numbers from the New York Fed on America's debt, balance on home equity lines of credit came in at $448 billion at the beginning of this year. more»

  • Researcher: Dayton-area black borrowers denied home loans more often

    04:33 | 21/12/17
    Dayton Daily News
    RELATED: 5 secrets for house hunters to get the best home loan. In 2016, 56 percent of black borrowers with low to moderate incomes who applied for home loans in a low- to moderate-income neighborhood received one, Nelson's analysis found. By ... more»

  • Here are five breaks you'll miss the most in the tax bill

    03:24 | 20/12/17
    CNBC
    Starting in 2018, homeowners can take a mortgage interest deduction on a loan of up to $750,000, down from the current law's limit of $1 million. more»

  • What's in the GOP's final tax plan

    15:12 | 16/12/17
    CNNMoney
    The original House and Senate GOP bills sought to repeal it entirely to help pay for the tax cuts, but that met with stiff resistance from lawmakers in high-tax states. more»
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