The conventional wisdom about private mortgage insurance (PMI) has long been that borrowers should try to avoid it. PMI is a ...

A proposal to tie cancellation of private mortgage insurance policies to automated valuation models would add unnecessary ...

Federal layoffs may soon come for America’s largest mortgage insurer, a powerful engine of the country’s housing market.

Thanks to factors like climate change, insurance and property taxes are rising alongside home prices and mortgage rates, said ...

Your mortgage term is how long you'll pay your loan, such as 10 years, 15 years and 30 years. A longer loan will have smaller ...

"It is normal for a lender to hold onto an insurance check, refuse to endorse it over, until they get some assurance that the ...

A rise in your home’s value is cause for celebration, but it should also give you pause. Odds are you might need to upgrade ...

Currently, the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage is 6.91%, compared to 6.92% a week ago, according to the ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks Ben Keys of the University of Pennsylvania about the availability of mortgage insurance in regions where disasters like fires and floods make insurance costly or scarce.

As of 2022, insurance costs made up more than 20% of the typical mortgage payment ... underwriting profits for homeowners insurance companies have been negative nearly every year from 2017 ...

SEATTLE (AP) — It’s one thing to fix your home after something basic has gone wrong ... so get familiar with any state laws ...