A home equity loan or line of credit (HELOC) leverages your ownership stake to help you finance large expenses over time.

The first is essentially a DIY rapid at-home test with paper testing strips to dip into your water and compare results to an ...

A Fed rate cut won’t directly impact existing fixed-rate home equity loans, but it can lower the offers on new loans. So, ...

Older homeowners — those of the Gen X and baby boomer generations — were less sanguine about using home equity to invest.

Your equity can be borrowed against for nearly any purpose, but there are some smart ways to use it this spring.

The Massachusetts attorney general’s office is suing Hometap Equity Partners, which sells a product that allows homeowners to tap into their home’s equity without taking on new debt.