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

Home equity levels have skyrocketed over the last few years, and the average homeowner now has a home equity stake of about ...

You can borrow money as needed, up to the limit on your credit line. That differs from a home equity loan, where you ...

There's a strong case to be made for choosing a home equity loan over a HELOC this month. Here's what to consider.

HELOC rates again came in lower this week, with the the $30,000 home equity line of credit dropping to an average of 8.36 ...

Unmarried co-owners can get home equity loans, but both need to meet credit requirements, and in most cases, both need to ...

you typically use either a home equity line of credit or a home equity loan. Home equity loans usually have fixed interest rates, fixed payments and a defined payback period, such as 10 or 20 years.

Katherine Watt is a CNET Money writer focusing on mortgages, home equity and banking ... Melissa Cohn has been in the mortgage industry for over 35 years. She began her career with CitiMortgage ...