Mortgage Research Center. The average rate on a 15-year mortgage refinance is 5.29%. On a 20-year mortgage refinance, the ...

The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) was established in 2009 as a way to help struggling homeowners refinance in the aftermath of the housing crisis. Because of lower down payments and the ...

If you're planning to refinance your home this fall, you may not need as much of a rate reduction as you think.

Mortgage Research Center. The 15-year, fixed-rate refinance mortgage average rate is 5.32%. For 20-year mortgage refinances, ...

In the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis and economic downturn of 2008, millions of U.S. homeowners saw the value of their homes — and their overall wealth — decline drastically. One of the steps ...

Momentum is building in the Senate behind a bill that would streamline refinancing for homeowners as lawmakers work toward an agreement that could lead to passage by the August recess. Time is running ...

Homeowner Chandra Rigda says her 2,400-square-foot house on a cul-de-sac is great, but "it's just a matter of making it more affordable." Rigda has spent the past several years trying, and failing, to ...

Oct. 24 (Bloomberg) -- A U.S. government mortgage relief program will expand to allow homeowners to refinance regardless of how much their houses have dropped in value, the regulator overseeing Fannie ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are discussing how they might help a wider range of homeowners refinance by building on an effort targeted at borrowers who owe more than their home is worth, a ...