If you’ve got a big, five-figure expense coming up – maybe a home renovation or a medical bill – you may be staring down two options: a HELOC (home equity line of credit) and a high-end credit card.

Want to borrow equity with a HELOC or home equity loan now? These are the interest rates you'll need to know first.

An increasing number of homeowners are tapping the equity in their homes for cash, but not to finance a new kitchen. Instead, they’re turning their house into a piggy bank, sometimes to get their ...

At the start of every new year, millions of Americans feel a massive holiday hangover, not just from their celebrations, but also from their suddenly inflated credit card balances. With the average ...

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Reina Marszalek is a staff senior personal finance editor at Buy Side from WSJ. Staff Deputy Personal Finance Editor, Buy Side from WSJ Valerie Morris is a staff deputy personal finance editor at Buy ...