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WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year home loans surged above 5 percent for the first time in nearly three months this week as investors pushed up rates on long-term government debt, [...]

VIENNA, Va. -- The chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, one of the mortgage giants at the heart of the nation's financial meltdown, was found dead in his basement early [...]

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Wednesday named the first six companies participating in a $75 billion program designed to help millions of struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. The administration said [...]

NEW YORK -- Rates on 30-year mortgages inched higher this week after two straight weeks of record lows, but still remained at attractive levels for borrowers looking to refinance their [...]

WASHINGTON -- Federal and state officials are cracking down on mortgage modification scams, accusing 'criminal actors' of preying on desperate borrowers caught up in the nation's housing crisis. Government officials [...]

WASHINGTON -- Sales of previously occupied homes rose unexpectedly in February by the largest amount in nearly six years as first-time buyers took advantage of deep discounts on foreclosures and [...]

Byline: ALAN ZIBEL; Associated Press Business Ticker: REAL ESTATE Existing-home sales jump in U.S. One month does not a recovery make. But a surprising leap in existing-home sales in February [...]

When will this wretched economy bottom out? The recession is already in its 15th month, making it longer than all but two downturns since World War II. For now, most [...]

WASHINGTON -- Freddie Mac said Wednesday it will ask the government for nearly $31 billion in additional aid after posting a gargantuan loss of more than $50 billion last year [...]

NEW YORK -- Banks got bailed out. So did automakers. So why not struggling homeowners? The question has struck a raw nerve across the country, with critics saying the Obama [...]

WASHINGTON -- The same mortgage lenders that candidate Barack Obama accused last year of causing the housing mess would get a windfall from President Obama's government under his foreclosure rescue [...]

WASHINGTON -- Hispanics in New Jersey, single parents in California and senior citizens in Rhode Island all have something in common: More than a third have an unaffordable mortgage. These [...]

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators have officially rejected a banking industry push to suspend accounting rules that force banks to value assets on their balance sheets at current market prices even [...]

WASHINGTON -- Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell to a record low for the second-straight week, causing refinancing applications to surge to the highest level in more than five years, [...]

Byline: ALAN ZIBEL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- Top executives at mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ignored warnings that they were taking on too many risky loans [...]

WASHINGTON -- A top House Democrat said Monday that a new government effort to help borrowers avoid foreclosure will have to wait until President-elect Barack Obama takes office. During a [...]