Mortgages

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• Homeowner frets over interest-only loan

  Stimulus package provisions are unlikely to help a homeowner with an interest-only loan.

  2 min read Mar 13, 2009

  

• Do you have enough equity to refinance?

  Before you shell out hundreds to find out if you qualify to refinance, it pays to do your homework.

  5 min read Mar 09, 2009

  

• Foreclosures, delinquencies keep rising

  The housing situation continued to deteriorate in 2008, according to a bankers’ survey.

  3 min read Mar 06, 2009

  

• Mortgage rates remain unchanged

  The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage remained at 5.41 percent, according to Bankrate’s weekly survey.

  2 min read Mar 05, 2009

  

• Second mortgagee at risk in foreclosure

  Second mortgage holders can lose money by triggering a foreclosure when a homeowner is delinquent.

  1 min read Mar 03, 2009

  

• Study: Home prices continue to fall

  2008 housing prices plunged nationwide, according to the National Association of Realtors.

  2 min read Feb 27, 2009

  

• Home prices fall for 10th straight quarter

  Home values fell in most of the country. How did they fare in your state?

  4 min read Feb 27, 2009

  

• Home equity lenders may block refinance

  Home equity lenders have to OK a refinancing, and many are saying no. They want the loan paid off.

  3 min read Feb 26, 2009

  

• National home equity loan averages

  Here are the average home equity rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey.

  1 min read Feb 26, 2009

  

• Mortgage rates hold below 5.5 percent

  Mortgage rates rose to 5.41 percent, according to Bankrate’s weekly survey.

  1 min read Feb 26, 2009