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

Learn how to effectively use a home equity loan, turning the equity in your home into a powerful financial tool for improvement projects, debt consolidation, and more.

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

If you haven’t built up much home equity yet, a personal loan is another financing option that can help cover the cost of a ...

HELOCs, or home equity lines of credit, give homeowners a way to leverage the growing value of their house for anything from renovations to college tuition — and enjoy 10 years of interest-only ...

With an interest rate cut just issued and others looming for this year, here's what a $150,000 HELOC costs now.

Banks are pitching home-equity lines of credit as a cheaper form of borrowing as Federal Reserve rate cuts could lower HELOC rates to the mid-6% range, according to one estimate An increasing number ...

I’ve been hearing more and more about using home equity as an asset class for retirement planning. It now makes up more than ...

Splitero reports on strategies for managing post-holiday debt, comparing home equity and credit card options to reduce ...

Lines of credit and credit cards are both forms of revolving credit. You can expect more flexible payment terms with a line of credit, while credit cards tend to offer greater convenience and rewards.

Interest rate cuts are finally coming again … but is it too late? That's the question some Americans find themselves confronting now as the chances of a rate cut courtesy of the Federal Reserve ...

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 ...