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Feeling nervous about rocketing home price appreciation rates in dozens of markets around the country? Are you worried -- just a little -- that your home equity holdings might begin to decline if mortgage interest rates heat up?
Well then get ready to hedge your home...
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Chances are, if you have a home equity line of credit, you've been getting pinched this year by federal rate hikes and that financially stinging sensation will continue right through the holidays.
Considering the extra cost, with more likely to come, it's a good time to...
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With home values ballooning upwards in dozens of markets across the U.S., an already-popular real estate finance tool has begun to produce loan origination volume that is off the charts.
New home equity credit lines taken out at banks and mortgage companies soared by 77...
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Tap your equity before you are laid off if you plan to get a second mortgage to see you through hard times.
That's good advice because, barring some special collateral deal or other unique underwriting provision, lenders aren't likely to loan you any money if you are...
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A day after a Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan confidant Federal Reserve Board Governor Donald L. Kohn dispelled forecasts of a housing bubble, Greenspan bolstered Kohn's argument by focusing on the strength of the mortgage market.
After extracting hundreds of...
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With consumer debt at an all-time high, San Diego-based Institute of Consumer Financial Education (ICFE) has joined the growing chorus of experts warning consumers about squandering equity.
Too often, consumers with high credit card and other debts turn to their...
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