Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. If you’ve built sufficient equity in your home, a home equity line of credit (HELOC) can be a good option to access the cash you need.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. If you’re hoping to buy a home in 2025, there’s no need to wait for mortgage interest rate fluctuations to stop—in fact ...

Katherine Watt is a CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking ... moving away from the Fed's target of 2%. If the central bank does resume cutting interest rates, it's ...

Inflation has begun to moderate after roughly three years, although the rate of inflation still remains above the Federal Reserve's target of 2%. That's ... accelerated as home prices hit record ...

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Overview of the housing market The average home value in the U.S. is $355,328, according to Zillow — up 2.7% year over year. In January, 30-year mortgage rates averaged 6.71%. For the past ...