Katherine Watt is a former CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa ...

With the Fed’s third rate cut this year, refinancing your mortgage at a 0.50% lower rate can save you over $40,000. Here are ...

There's good and bad news for home shoppers hoping for lower mortgage rates in 2026 — they're likely to fall more in the new ...

Rocket Mortgage dominates the overall home-lending market, but when it comes to loans backed by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Rocket is in a race for second. These rankings are based ...

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VA home loans rebounded 26.8% in 2025, driven by Gen Z buyers and a surge in refinancing, reversing last year's decline.

VA home loans were already a sweet benefit for U.S. service members, veterans and military widows and widowers, but they've become an even better deal as mortgage rates have spiraled downward during ...

If you follow the topic of mortgage interest rates, you will notice that all the hype lately is around how they’ve steadily been on the rise. On the surface, most would be home buyers would consider ...

Rachel Witkowski is an award-winning journalist whose 20-year career spans a wide range of topics in finance, government regulation and congressional reporting. Ms. Witkowski has spent the last decade ...

If you’re a member of the military, a veteran or an eligible spouse, the government has made it easy for you to obtain a low-cost mortgage in the form of a VA loan. VA loans come with some key ...

It’s been rejection after rejection for Isabel Williams’ client, a military veteran in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Since the client began the search for her dream home earlier this year, her Veterans ...

A congressional bill would raise VA compensation for survivors and severely injured veterans, but lawmakers are sparring over ...