Rates on 30-year mortgages fell to the lowest level on record for the second-consecutive week after the Federal Reserve launched a new effort to assist the staggering U.S. housing market. ...more

April 3, 2009

Fannie Mae plans to pay retention bonuses of at least $1 million to four key executives as part of a plan to keep hundreds of employees from leaving the government-controlled company. ...more

March 18, 2009

After two years at the top of the heap, Florida no longer holds the distinction as the nation's top fraud spot. Rhode Island made its first appearance to lead the list, which covers 2008. ...more

March 17, 2009

rhode island tops mortgage fraud lsit ...more

March 16, 2009

Greg Hayworth, 44, graduated from Syracuse University and made a good living in his home state, California, from real estate and mortgage finance. Then that business crashed, and early last year the bank foreclosed on the house his family was renting, forcing their eviction. ...more

March 14, 2009

Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said it will allow some borrowers to rent their homes after losing them to foreclosure. ...more

January 31, 2009

In a move that provides relief to thousands of renters who face eviction but draws the federal government even deeper into the housing market, loan giant Fannie Mae said Sunday that it would sign new leases with renters living in foreclosed properties owned by the company. ...more

December 15, 2008

As some head home for the holidays, families facing a financial crisis and foreclosure are hoping they will have a home - their home - for the holiday season. ...more

November 27, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist said Monday that he likes the idea of a moratorium on home foreclosures in Florida. ...more

November 24, 2008

Thousands of homeowners on the brink of foreclosure can rest easy that they won't be evicted until at least early January. The nation's two largest providers of mortgages said this week they'll be working with homeowners to find a way to keep them in their homes. ...more

November 22, 2008