Rates on 30-year-fixed mortgages dropped this week to their lowest levels in at least 37 years, as the Federal Reserve pledged to pour money into the mortgage market in an effort to spur the moribund U.S. housing market. ...more

December 19, 2008

Government efforts to provide easier credit to consumers and help housing finance companies could push mortgage rates "well below 4 percent," a federal regulator said Wednesday. ...more

December 11, 2008

The federal government's $700 billion bailout of the financial industry could help homebuilders and mortgage lenders, but is unlikely to bring fast relief to anybody trying to buy or sell a house anytime soon. ...more

October 4, 2008

An index that forecasts near-term home sales fell in August to a record low as would-be homebuyers had difficulty getting mortgages. Economists said the housing market's woes show no sign of improving soon. ...more

October 3, 2007