Wednesday, the Federal Reserve released the minutes from its 2-day September meeting. The release shows a divided Fed in disagreement about the current U.S. monetary policy.

The American Consumer is alive and well, it seems. Retail Sales are up 14 months in a row.

You just bought a new home. Have you thought about who has keys for entry?

With mortgage rates at all-time lows, you may be asking "Is now a good time to refinance?". This short interview from NBC's The Today Show offers good insight.

For the first time in more than 40 years, data from Freddie Mac's weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey shows the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage falling below 4 percent, dropping to 3.94 percent nationwide. It's the lowest average 30-year fixed reading in the survey's history.

Mortgage rates are prepped to make big moves in the next 36 hours. Is it time for you to call in your rate lock?

The government is confirming what the private sector has already shown -- home values are on the rise.

For homeowners in high-cost areas nationwide, conforming and FHA loan limits have dropped by as much as 14 percent.

For homeowners everywhere, the change of season is a well-timed, "preventative maintenance" reminder.

Despite the lowest mortgage rates of all-time, home buyers are slowing the pace at which they're buying homes.

The most recent Case-Shiller Index shows a 0.9% rise in home values from June to July 2011. Home values were higher in 17 of the 20 tracked cities.

According to the Census Bureau, the number of new homes sold slid for the fourth straight month in August, easing 2 percent from July. On a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis, home buyers bought 295,000 newly-built homes last month.