With a fixed-rate mortgage, the rate literally remains fixed: It carries the same interest rate and monthly payment for the entire life of the loan. But an adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) has an ...

“When you get a fixed-rate mortgage, it's like buying insurance against inflation, and you're paying for that insurance over the whole life of the mortgage,” one expert told us. The real estate market ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

Home mortgages seem weird. Often the borrower seeks a loan through a mortgage broker rather than a bank. And even if a bank handles the mortgage, the borrower may send payments to some other ...

 The current average mortgage rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.23%, compared to 6.36% a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Research Center. For borrowers who want a shorter mortgage, the ...

Fixed-rate HELOCs are the talk of the town lately among home equity lenders and industry insiders. Home equity isn’t the flashiest corner of consumer finance, so it’s noteworthy when a buzzy new trend ...