Topic: Frank Nothaft - CSMonitor.com

Americans now love 15-year fixed mortgages

Rates on a 15-year fixed mortgage are so low that many homeowners can afford the higher payment, which allows them to pay off their mortgage in 15 years instead of the standard 30.

Mortgage rates: 15-year loan gains popularity

30-year mortgage rate under 4 percent

Mortgage rates dip again. 15-year loan hits new low.

30-year mortgage rate falls to 3.9 percent

30-year mortgage rate rises, still under 4 percent

30-year mortgage rates stay at record low

Fixed mortgage rates hit record low – again

Record low mortgage rates drop even lower

30-year mortgages fall below 4 percent. Time to refinance?

Refinancing tepid as mortgage rates rise

Silver lining in the Dow's drop: record low mortgage rates

Mortgage interest rates rise, set to climb higher in 2010

US mortgage rates fall. How big a boon for housing?