The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance rose to 6.4% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate ...

To get the refinance you want, you need to explain your goal in words that the lender understands. This is a guide to what to ...

Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.28% for a 15-year financed mortgage and 6.06% for a 20-year financed mortgage.

Recover closing costs within 5 years, and other tips. May 17, 2010 — -- Have you heard? Mortgage rates hit their lowest point of the year last week. Wow, every time I think they can't go any ...

The advantages of refinancing a mortgage can include lowering your interest rate, changing your loan term and unlocking some home equity. The disadvantages of refinancing include closing costs, ...

Mortgage interest rates fell to an 11-month low last week, giving both homebuyers and current homeowners looking to refinance reason for optimism. It wasn't that long ago that rates here were at their ...

Joshua Rodriguez is a writer with a passion for helping people understand the impact of their financial decisions (good or bad). His articles on mortgages, home equity loans, credit cards, budgeting, ...

This guide is a building block intended to help those who know nothing or have very little prior knowledge on the subject. Those who are better versed, we hope will still find value in this piece that ...

So far this year, average mortgage rates have stayed stubbornly high, bouncing between 6.5% and 7%, as financial markets weigh the risks of both higher inflation and an economic slowdown. Most ...

The housing market has been tough on buyers over the past few years. Soaring home prices, bidding wars and mortgage rates that climbed from historic lows near 3% to above 7% priced out millions of ...

A mortgage refinance can provide various advantages, like reducing monthly payments, shortening a loan term, switching to a fixed-rate mortgage, or accessing cash for home renovations or other ...

When my husband and I refinanced our mortgage in 2009, we felt confident we were making the right move. Since both of us had exceptional credit, we knew we could reduce our mortgage rate by one ...