First-time homebuyers may qualify for mortgages that offer low down payments, lenient credit score requirements or other benefits that can bring homeownership within reach. First-time homebuyers may ...

Despite falling mortgage rates during most of the month, sales of existing homes fell by a full percentage point in September ...

Rosedale Federal Savings and Loan Association recommends that all borrowers have a debt-to-income (DTI) ratio of no more than 43%. Rosedale Federal Savings and Loan Association’s maximum DTI ratio ...

Lenders prefer a front-end DTI of 28% or less and a back-end DTI of 36% or less. You can still qualify for a home loan if ...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump have put out proposals that they contend will make the ...

Most home buyers in Canada will encounter the stress test when applying for a mortgage. Here’s how it works and what it means ...

Mortgage rates have been moving two directions recently and both of them are "up."  Only the pace changes.  Today's pace was ...

The biggest single reason homeownership is out of reach for many is there aren’t nearly enough homes for sale to balance out ...

Existing home sales fell to their lowest level in 14 years in September, despite mortgage rates hitting their lowest level in ...

Real estate owners of all kinds breathed a sigh of relief when the Federal Reserve cut interest rates last month. But the ...

DALLAS — Dallas-Fort Worth has lost its spot as the No. 1 new home sales market in Texas, according to a new report. DFW, ...

Alan Ratner, Zelman & Associates managing director, joins CNBC's 'The Exchange' to discuss outlooks on the housing market, why mortgage rates are creating an affordability pinch, and more.