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

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

Aven and Figure are two fintech lenders changing how people tap into their home equity, each with a distinct product. Both ...

How does a home equity loan work? First, it’s important to understand that the term home equity loan is simply a catchall for the different ways the equity in your home can be used to access cash. The ...

We may receive commissions from some links to products on this page. Promotions are subject to availability and retailer terms. The average HELOC rate declined from 8.27% to 8.26% while the median ...

In the elevated interest rate climate of recent years, there have been few affordable borrowing options to choose from. Personal loan interest rates, for example, have been frozen at around 12% for ...

Home equity is one of the biggest sources of wealth for American homeowners. Without the right context, decisions about home equity can get expensive, whether you’re considering borrowing against your ...

HELOC rates took a big dive in the latest week, dropping to three-year lows. The $30,000 home equity line of credit plummeted ...

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 ...

Caroline Basile is Forbes Advisor’s student loans and mortgages deputy editor. With experience in both the mortgage industry and as a journalist, she was previously an editor with HousingWire, where ...