Owning a home can yield some benefits at tax time if you're able to deduct mortgage interest. If you paid interest on a mortgage loan, your lender should provide you with a Form 1098 Mortgage Interest ...

are ready for prime time, as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has finalized rules making home purchase paperwork more user-friendly. The Wednesday announcement focuses on the agency’s “Know ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is close to revealing the details of its marquee project: reducing the reams of paperwork that borrowers must hack through when getting a mortgage. The project ...

WASHINGTON — The federal government’s consumer-financial watchdog will require lenders to issue shorter, easier-to-understand mortgage-disclosure forms to homebuyers that more clearly show the costs ...

The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently announced plans to simplify the mortgage paperwork that has long confused potential homebuyers. “The current forms can be complicated and ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government proposed rules Monday to help Americans understand the costs and risks of getting a mortgage. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled redesigned forms that ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a final rule on Wednesday that merged mortgage disclosure forms in an effort to help consumers better understand the total costs of a loan. Processing ...