Your only california mortgage rates news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Low mortgage rates go lower. Better days ahead for housing market? read story Low mortgage rates fell still more this week – to the lowest level ever in four decades of tracking. Also, the number of pending home sales posted a rise for the month of July.   LendingTree.com Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse Reports 30-Year Fixed Rates as Low as Four Percent read story Average mortgage rates fell to new lows this week, according to the LendingTree Weekly Mortgage Rate Pulse, a snapshot of the lowest and average mortgage rates available within the LendingTree network of lenders.   Mortgage modifications miss the mark read story When President Barack Obama launched the $75 billion Home Affordable Mortgage Program a month after taking office, he touted it as a way of helping the economy by keeping as many as 3 or 4 million people out of foreclosure. A year and a half later, the program has provided permanent loan modifications to 422,000 homeowners, including 6,500 in San Diego County — slightly more than one-tenth of ...   ANALYSIS-Canada housing boom ending with whimper, not bang read story ANALYSIS-Canada housing boom ending with whimper, not bang   The cost of long-term care read story Some insurance decisions are easy. Take life insurance. You know you need it to replace the income your spouse and kids would lose if you died. Insurers don't have much leeway to dispute claims for death benefits because "deceased" is a pretty definite condition.   U.S. Economy: Pending Home Sales Rise in Sign Market Steadying read story Pending sales of existing houses unexpectedly climbed in July from a record low, indicating the real-estate market is steadying following the end of a government tax credit.   Foreclosures can make you sick, report says read story As Dianne Huntsberry was losing her home last year, the result of a financing scam, she also wound up in the hospital - twice - for what seemed like heart problems. "I thought I was having a heart attack - I didn't know what was going on," said Huntsberry,... Hospital - Myocardial infarction - Foreclosure - Health - Dianne Huntsberry   Bernanke Meets Buffett in New Regulatory Role Conceived to Protect Markets read story In November 2009, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd advanced a radical proposal: to create a super-regulator that would take over most of the bank supervision that had been done by the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and other agencies.   Home Builder Hovnanian Reports Smaller Loss read story Fewer land-related write-downs helped the company’s bottom line, which has been hurt by the downturn in the housing market.   Little support for new home-buyer tax credit read story Is another federal home-buyer tax credit coming? Shaun Donovan, secretary of housing and urban development, dodged that question over the weekend, leading to speculation that the Obama administration might pursue another one. But it's hard to see where... Shaun Donovan - United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Presidency of Barack Obama - Tax credit - United States