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Find out what home equity is and how to use it, plus news, advice and tools on home equity loans and HELOCs.
Borrowing against the equity in your home can be a smart move if you’re careful.
Learn how much equity you have in your home and how much of it you can borrow.
When lenders check your financial situation, these criteria will count the most.
Building equity is a smart financial move, and there are a few ways to do it.
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The biggest home equity lesson of the financial crisis is that your home is not a piggy bank.
A ‘bargain’ remodeling job can turn into a costly headache if you don’t follow these four steps.
Step by step guide to choosing between a home equity loan or a HELOC.
A couple wonders if interest on a HELOC is tax deductible if the loan is used for an LLC.
Using home equity to finance improvement projects makes sense in some situations, but not others.
The long-term picture is brighter, but only for borrowers with good credit.
Home equity lenders have to OK a refinancing, and many are saying no. They want the loan paid off.
Here are the average home equity rates from Bankrate’s weekly survey.
How were home equity rates affected by the Federal Reserve meeting?
If you’ve taken out a home equity loan or HELOC, don’t forget you can deduct the interest.