The high cost of renting and buying homes in U.S. cities is no secret. But this affordability problem isn’t limited to urban regions – it affects rural areas as well. Rural areas, home to about 25% of ...

Fannie Mae extends its $2,500 credit for very low-income borrowers for another year, while both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac align their manufactured housing programs to promote consistency in lending ...

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

While down payment assistance is a powerful on-ramp to homeownership for both moderate and higher earners, the best approach is to search locally, work with an experienced lender and carefully read ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of Americans are sliding toward a financial cliff as the government shutdown stretches into a second month, with four ...