You can use home equity to pay off high-interest debt or improve your home, but it’s important to understand the risks.

Credit card interest rates hit a record high (and are only slightly lower now). Personal loan rates, meanwhile, were (and ...

Falling rates make tapping into home equity tempting. Here’s when a HELOC or home equity loan makes the smarter play.

A $300,000 HELOC can offer flexible financing, but your monthly costs hinge on today's interest rate environment.

A mortgage accelerator helps you pay off your home loan sooner than scheduled. It works by applying payments in a way that ...

Do you need a home appraisal to qualify for a HELOC or home equity loan? While you've been focused on everything else life throws at you, your property has been working behind the scenes. Most people ...

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While you've been focused on everything else life throws at you, your property has been working behind the scenes. Most people build equity as they pay down their mortgage and property values rise.