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The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) program was extended to Dec 31, 2015. Does it mean that HARP 3-like changes are pending?

"Good" jumbo mortgages are tough to find. There are big price differences from bank-to-bank. Here's how to find banks with low jumbo rates.

Home buying infographic. Graphic uses "pro tips" on selecting the right mortgage, building sound budgets, and closing costs negotiations.

The fastest way to get rid of FHA mortgage insurance is to refinance out of it. Check today's FHA Streamline Refinance mortgage rates. The math only works until June 3, 2013.

Mortgage rates are following seasonal patterns. Here's what you might see from the 30-year fixed rate mortgage through April and May.

New laws have made mortgage insurance is tax-deductible for 2013. The change is retro-active for 2012 tax returns, too.

Banks now make loans against non-warrantable condos and condotels. See today's mortgage rates and get approved quickly.

The new Rebuilding American Homeownership Pilot Program (RAHPP) -- better known as the Merkley Mortgage -- may be a HARP 3.0 blueprint for 2013.

The FHA is raising its mortgage insurance premiums, and changing MIP cancelation policies. Apply before April 2013 to get "grandfathered" in to today's looser rules.

The FHA announced its latest round of mortgage insurance premium (MIP) changes. The increase starts April 1, 2013. Here's how to beat it.

As mortgage rates rise and home prices climb, savvy U.S. consumers have rushed to refinance and purchase homes.

The Making Home Affordable program continues to support an improving U.S. housing market. HARP and HAMP are program mainstays.

Foreclosures are selling at a 17% discount, and very few remain nationwide. Here's in what states to find the most foreclosed homes.

For 2013, the FHA is raising its mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) and changing its MIP cancelation policy. Read about it.

Learn how to use mortgage rate locks for your personal gain. Pick a better closing date, get a better mortgage rate.

FHA has excluded the FHA Streamline Refinances from Compare Ratios. Banks may stop verifying income, job and credit score.

A bill was introduced that would lower FHA mortgage insurance premiums for first-time home buyers.

The government is selling 40,000 FHA mortgage notes in 2013, which may lessen the need to raise its FHA mortgage insurance premiums (MIP).

For 2013, conforming loan limits range to $625,500 for a purchase and $729,750 for a refinance.

Conforming mortgage rates climbed last week; FHA and VA mortgage rates fell. In this week's holiday-shortened trading, rates may rise.