Mortgage rates are the lowest they've been since Freddie Mac began tracking them in 1971, experts said, and for homeowners thinking about refinancing their home, this may be the time.Read More

A Livingston County businesswoman and her employee are two of the 10 people charged Thursday for defrauding Michigan families out of thousands of dollars in a foreclosure-rescue scam.Read More

Olympic gold medalist Shaun White and his brother Jesse hang out with young artists and skaters, surfers and snowboarders with a distinctive style that's a little bit retro, a little bit edgy and a whole lot of cool.Read More

A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.Read More

The restoration of the single-family rural housing program that would guarantee home loans for rural buyers was passed by the Senate today and is on its way to President Obama.Read More

Don't miss these top stories: Almost half of large U.S. companies say they now use, or they plan to use, financial penalties against employees who don't participate in certain health programs, according to survey cited by MarketWatch contributor Marla Brill in her story today.Read More

The Associated Press Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level on record for the fifth time in six weeks, making homebuying and refinancing the most attractive in decades for those who can get loans.Read More

Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75 million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007.Read More

They don't use a gun, but scammers and dishonest business operators can steal significantly more money than any bank robber.Read More

WASHINGTON -- Loan officers at banks will be re quired to provide their names and fingerprints to a national database as part of an effort to crack down on shady operators who fed the real estate bubble.Read More