Mike Fratantoni

Mortgage applications have slowed as the average interest rate for 30-year mortgages has gone back above 7%. Loan requests declined 2.6% on a seasonally adjusted basis as of June 28 from a week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's Weekly Applications Survey. The...

Home is not just where the heart is; a study says it's also a stronghold of financial security for many older Americans. A new report by the Research Institute for Housing America (RIHA) – an organization sponsored by the Mortgage Bankers Association – said that, of the more than 47 million “...