WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Falling mortgage interest rates are prompting a rush to refinance home loans as U.S. homeowners seek to take advantage of the opportunity, bankers said.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. Wednesday called for restructured models for the nation's largest mortgage brokers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Federal National Mortgage Association says renters living in U.S. properties on which it has foreclosed will not have to move -- at least right away.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department is considering direct intervention in the mortgage industry to drive down costs and lift the market, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The volume of applications for U.S. mortgages jumped 112.1 percent last week, due to a big drop in interest rates, an industry group said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Two new U.S. government programs to kick-start loans for consumers will take time to kick in and do not help borrowers with bad credit, experts said.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said there's no magic bullet to fix the economy and it is naive to assume one piece of legislation could do so.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y., accused Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson of a "bait-and-switch scheme" by changing plans for stabilizing the economy.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Co. said it had requested $14 billion in federal aid after posting third-quarter losses of $25.3 billion.

NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Those seeking Cabinet and other high-ranking posts in the Obama administration face what some call the most extensive application ever, observers say.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman Sheila Bair said the U.S. Treasury's mortgage modification program unveiled Tuesday does not go far enough.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Bush administration Tuesday announced a plan for modifying mortgages to give U.S. homeowners a chance to avoid foreclosure.

NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Non-profit groups that count on a strong U.S. economy to boost goodwill are struggling as the economy falters, many groups said.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. congressional Democrats say they have scheduled hearings into failures at mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac but not until after the election.

AKRON, Ohio, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. housing officials say they are forgiving the mortgage of a 90-year-old Ohio woman who shot herself as she was about to be evicted.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The plight of an Ohio woman who shot herself as deputies tried evict her from her foreclosed home was part of congressional debate on the $700 billion bailout.

NEW YORK, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes fell Friday as investors watched a savings and loan, Washington Mutual, become the latest victim of financial distress.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The firm of a top aide to John McCain received payments from troubled Freddie Mac, two people with knowledge about the situation said.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The FBI has opened investigations into possible fraud at four entities at the center of the recent turmoil in the U.S. financial markets, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged members of Congress Tuesday to act quickly to deal with "the crisis at hand" in financial markets.