Despite their advantages, home equity loans come with risks — including the potential to lose your home if you miss payments. Ideally, they should be used to finance home improvements or consolidate ...

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

The rise in negative equity comes as more Americans are falling behind on car payments. Nearly 6.5% of subprime auto loans, ...

Interest rates aren't great right now — at least on most consumer borrowing products. If you're a homeowner, though, you actually have access to some of the lowest-rate options around: Home equity ...

The interest rate cut issued by the Federal Reserve last week may have only lowered the benchmark rate by a quarter of a percentage point, but it inevitably led to a series of questions and ...

New car prices have never been higher. The estimated average selling price in September was $50,080, according to Kelley Blue ...

HELOC rates are the most affordable they’ve been in months. The average rate on a $30,000 home equity line of credit (HELOC) fell to 8.13 percent, while the $30,000 home equity loan held steady at ...

More car buyers are finding themselves in a tough spot financially. According to a recent report from Edmunds, more than 26% of new-vehicle trade-ins in the second quarter of 2025 had negative equity ...

Higher prices and interest rates, long loan terms and early trade-ins are making it easier than ever to find yourself ...