Interest rates — including those on home equity loans and HELOCs — have increased this year. But does that make these products a bad move in today's environment? Not necessarily. Despite their recent ...

Interest rate cuts are finally coming again … but is it too late? That's the question some Americans find themselves confronting now as the chances of a rate cut courtesy of the Federal Reserve ...

Home equity is a major financial asset for older homeowners, and the only sizable asset for many of them. With home prices continuing a five-year plunge, many seniors have growing concerns about what ...

Last weekend my childhood best friend died at 62. Partly due to poor health, he became financially challenged later in life. Thank God, he had a stash of cash. His Orange County home was free and ...