The margin on an adjustable rate loan is the fixed piece of the interest rate that goes right into your lender's pocket.

Here's all the help you need to buy a home during the recession.

Looking for a mortgage calculator? Here are three of the best mortgage calculators out there.

Author and personal finance columnist Greg Karp on paying down a mortgage early and using a home equity loan to "pay off" credit card debt.

You know what a mortgage is, yes? It’s nothing more than a loan. Like most loans, it requires some collateral (the thing you’ll lose if you don’t pay the lender back). In this case, the collateral is a house or apartment you want. A bank lends you money to buy a house, and if you don’t pay them back when they ...

The size of your down-payment affects how much you pay in interest and other fees down the road.

Questions to ask when you're shopping for a home equity loan.

Questions to ask when shopping for a mortgage.

Federal Housing Administration loans, or FHA loans, are low-interest mortgage loans insured by the federal government through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

As the federal government's plan to slow foreclosures works through the system, FiLife's Foreclosure Help Center offers up some resources for navigating issues related to the foreclosure process.