Home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) allow homeowners to tap into the value of their homes.  A home ...

Home prices and mortgage balances have shifted so dramatically over the past decade that many Americans now hold far more equity than they realize. But having a lot of wealth tied up in your home ...

A home equity loan allows you to access the ownership stake you’ve built in your home to accomplish your financial goals.

Homeowners in the U.S. have relied on two familiar methods for accessing their housing wealth, otherwise known as equity, in the past. Those two methods are home equity loans and home equity lines of ...

Katherine Watt is a former CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking. She previously wrote about personal finance for NextAdvisor. Based in New York, Katherine graduated summa ...

You finally own your home free and clear. And now, you want to put that ownership stake to use. Is this even possible? Fortunately, the answer is yes. You can take equity out of your home even after ...

When I bought my house in 2016, I had a good job with solid benefits, one child and a mortgage interest rate of around 3%. It cost me $171 per square foot to buy the waterfront property in the ...

Brai is the founder of SW4 Insights, a public policy advisory firm based in Washington D.C. He has over a decade of experience as a journalist and consultant covering finance and economic policy, with ...

A proposal approved by the state House on Wednesday would remove the power given to towns and cities allowing them to settle a tax debt by selling a delinquent taxpayers’ house and keeping any excess ...