You can use home equity to buy another house if you have a big enough ownership stake in your residence and meet other eligibility requirements. The most common ways to tap your equity are via a home ...

For most people, a home isn’t just where they live — it’s one of their most powerful financial assets. As you make mortgage payments and your property’s value grows, you build home equity, or the ...

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 home ...

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 ...

Not much movement in home equity rates in the most recent week. The average rate on a $30,000 home equity line of credit (HELOC) remained at 8.27 percent, while the $30,000 home equity loan climbed ...

Borrowing costs are finally easing for homeowners as the Federal Reserve cuts rates. Home equity loan and home equity line of credit (HELOC) interest rates have been consistently declining, making it ...

Learn how to get the best rate on a home equity loan Written By Written by Staff Senior Editor, Buy Side Miranda Marquit is a staff senior personal finance editor for Buy Side. Edited By Written by ...