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

If you're planning to borrow from your home's equity, it's important to know what could be coming for rates soon.

HELOC rates declined considerably in 2025. Here's what's considered to be a good one now, at the start of 2026.

Home equity rates held steady as the Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by a quarter point at its final meeting of 2025. The $30,000 home equity line of credit was unchanged, holding at 7.81% for ...

Caroline Basile is Forbes Advisor’s student loans and mortgages deputy editor. With experience in both the mortgage industry and as a journalist, she was previously an editor with HousingWire, where ...

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 ...

Everything Americans thought they knew about personal finance was upended when the Federal Reserve started aggressively ...

Founded in 1904, Bank of America is the largest HELOC lender in the U.S., with $25.5 billion loaned in the last quarter of 2024. We love BofA's home equity line of credit for its extensive draw range ...

Founded in 1938, Third Federal Savings and Loan offers home equity loans and home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) with a variety of terms, providing homeowners with flexible financing at affordable ...

The holiday season usually means Americans are running up their credit card debt. Come January, lenders are typically fielding a plethora of inquiries for home equity lines of credit for people ...

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 ...