With HELOC rates down around two points from where they were in 2024, experts recommend making these four moves now.

A home equity loan is usually a fixed-rate lump sum based on the value available in your home. Home equity lines of credit ...

Finding out the answers to these key questions can help you decide how to best tackle your HELOC payment plan.

Home equity loan rates fell this week, leading some prospective borrowers to wonder if it's better than a HELOC now.

A split decision for home equity rates in the latest week. After falling for six consecutive weeks, HELOCs rose to 8 percent.

The pandemic-era housing boom swelled Americans' home equity to record levels. Tapping into that could prop up the consumer ...

A HELOC early payoff or prepayment penalty is a fee that lenders charge if borrowers settle their debt before the agreed-upon timeframe. Also referred to as an “early closure” or “early ...

Ashley is a lead editor of mortgages and loans at Forbes Advisor. She graduated from Utah Tech University with a bachelor’s in English with an emphasis in creative writing. She began her career ...

The top five banks in this ranking had a combined HELOC volume of more than $90 billion at the end of the fourth quarter of ...

Kim is a freelance contributor to Newsweek’s personal finance team. She began her career on the Bankrate copy desk in 2010, worked as a managing editor at Macmillan and went full-time freelance ...

While your home equity shouldn’t be the first place you go to cover a cash shortfall, a home equity line of credit (HELOC) can be a useful resource in a short-term financial crisis. How to know ...

Bridge loans, sometimes called swing loans or gap loans, are short-term financing options specifically designed to bridge the ...