Mortgage rates rose sharply last week, a new challenge for beleaguered house hunters and potential refinancing candidates.The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan...
Fewer homeowners are refinancing their mortgages, and purchase activity is essentially flat after mortgage rates rose sharply last week.Applications to refinance a mortgage fell...
Mortgage rates may remain stuck in a narrow range around current levels and won't drop sharply anytime soon.Ahead of the Federal Reserve's rate cut,...
By Wayne ColeSYDNEY (Reuters) - Asia share markets were mostly firmer on Monday as China announced more stimulus measures, though the Nikkei dived on...
BEIJING (Reuters) - The People's Bank of China (PBOC) told commercial banks on Sunday to start lowering interest rates on all existing housing loans,...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage rates edged down to a two-year low this week, which could provide a further boost to refinancing activity, though...
By Howard Schneider and William SchombergWASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - With key central banks now aligned in cutting interest rates a real-time experiment is underway in...
(Bloomberg) -- Asian equities were primed to gain on Thursday as a weaker yen and Beijing stimulus measures supported the region’s two largest stock...