Both home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans are up in numbers, their originations rising in Q3 2024 by 6 and 8 percent, respectively. HELOC balances are bigger, too: They climbed ...

Expect 2025 to be yet another tough year for home buyers and sellers - and the real-estate industry, economists said. In 2023, existing-home sales fell to a near-30 year-low. Last year, sales fell ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell has filed a lawsuit in Suffolk County Superior Court against Hometap, a Boston-based fintech ...

The attorney general alleges that home equity contracts are reverse mortgages without similar oversight, but Hometap disputes the assertions.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell has filed a lawsuit against Boston-based Hometap, a home equity loan company that Campbell's ...

Richard Thorpe has more than 30 years of mortgage industry experience and has held reverse mortgage leadership positions at multiple lenders.

Home equity loans, home equity lines of credit (HELOCs), cash-out refinances and reverse mortgages all offer homeowners ...

The best HELOC lenders have flexible payment options, allow high CLTV ratios, and more. Read through our top picks to find ...

Katelyn and Danny Hughes, two homeowners in their mid-twenties, bought their first home together in 2024 in a Pittsburgh suburb. They took advantage of a program from a major nationwide lender that ...

At a certain point in life, some older adults move into assisted living facilities, housing for people who need help with ...

Q: We took out a reverse mortgage in 2011 and thought I understood how it worked. However, having reviewed the documents, I cannot find where it discusses the non-recourse clause ...

A series of moves aimed at deleveraging its balance sheet led to the loss, but the bottom line improved markedly over 2023.