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Reverse Mortgage vs. Home Equity Loan
If you’re over 62 and need to borrow against your home equity, what’s the better option? A reverse mortgage or a home equity loan/line of credit? |
Improving Home Value and Equity
Both home values and home equity have taken a beating in recent years. As a homeowner, are there any practical ways to increase the value of your home and your home equity as well? |
Can You Still Get a Home Equity Loan?
You don’t hear much about home equity loans these days. In fact, it sometimes seems that lenders have turned off the tap on the once-popular second mortgages that used to fund everything from home improvements to new cars to... |
Mortgage Interest Tax Deduction Explained
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4 Home Improvement Loan Options
There are many reasons to renovate your home. Here are a few ways to finance the project. Home renovation is an excellent way to breathe new life into your aging surroundings. |
Three Ways to Avoid Mortgage Anxiety
You don’t need statistics to tell you that Americans are anxious about their finances. Keep the worry out of mortgages by following these three suggestions. |
The Home Equity Savings Plan
American cartoonist Kin Hubbard said “the safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.” The truth is, Americans have a hard time making money, and an even harder time saving it. |
Home Equity for Technology Upgrades
In this market, your home may sit unsold for months. If you haven’t been keeping up with the latest in home technology, you may be looking at years instead of months, or be forced to drop your asking price. |
Tap Your Home Equity for Energy Efficiency
What do Brad Pitt, Ed Norton, Leo DiCaprio, and Rachel McAdams have in common? Besides being famous Hollywood personalities, all of them are dedicated environmentalists. And believe it or not, the Federal Housing... |
A Short History of Home Equity
What does movie meteorologist Todd Gross say when weather patterns foreshadow an unlikely set of circumstances in The Perfect Storm? “It would be a disaster of epic proportions. It would be...the perfect storm.... |
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| Loan Type | Today | +/- |
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| 30 yr fixed | 3.83 | |
| 15 yr fixed | 3.10 | |
| 5/1 ARM | 2.71 |
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