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Seattle’s WaFd Bank, which bought Santa Rosa’s Luther Burbank Savings a year ago, now is getting out of mortgage lending to ...

A low-down-payment mortgage can put you on the fast track to homeownership if you lack the funds to make a bigger payment, and there are several options available.

"This week’s higher-than-expected inflation rate suggests that Fed rate cuts will be delayed, potentially until the summer," ...

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage eased to 6.87% this week, Freddie Mac says, its fourth straight decline.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...

One small bright note as we wait for relief from the Reserve Bank. Whatever interest rate you’re paying on your home loan, ...