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The rules are more strict in an effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make the housing market safer for consumers.

Applications for home mortgages in the U.S. have dropped to a record low since the Federal Reserve announced its plans to slow its bond-buying program.

As more people are excluded from homeownership, the demand for rental housing has grown beyond capacity, driving rental costs up.

The credit rating agency Experian says Americans are taking out bigger car loans and are taking longer to pay them back.

The 30-year fixed-rate is a popular mortgage, but is it here to stay?

Nearly half of people living in foreclosed homes are actually renters

The Justice Department is expected to announce a record-setting settlement with J.P. Morgan Chase over mortgages and mortgage-backed bonds.

Americans used to believe that when you retired, your house should be paid off. That was, of course, before the refinancing boom.

Mortgage lenders fueled the financial collapse by marketing subprime loans to people who couldn't afford them. They disappeared as the housing market crashed, but subprime mortgages could return.

Traditional wisdom says you should pay off your mortgage before you retire, but sometimes that's not the best choice.