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

Find out how affordable your home equity borrowing options are now.

A home equity loan is also known as a second mortgage. Discover how this consumer loan can allow you to borrow against the ...

Not sure if a HELOC or home equity loan is more affordable? Here's which one is cheaper after this week's Fed rate cut.

Discover the key differences between home equity loans and mortgages, including their purposes, stages of use, tax implications, and impact on your home equity.

Not much movement with home equity rates in the latest week. The average rate on a $30,000 home equity line of credit (HELOC) was unchanged, holding at 8.12 percent, according to Bankrate’s national ...

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 ...

Both HELOC and home equity loan rates have declined substantially from their 2024 highs. Rates are being driven primarily by ...

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 ...

Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Staff Personal Finance Editor, Buy Side Valerie Morris is a staff editor at Buy Side and a personal finance expert. A Heloc can ...

Reina Marszalek is a staff senior personal finance editor at Buy Side from WSJ. Staff Deputy Personal Finance Editor, Buy Side from WSJ Valerie Morris is a staff deputy personal finance editor at Buy ...

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.