Home equity loans

vitapix | E+ | Getty ImagesYour credit score can make or break your ability to open a credit card or buy a new car or home at attractive interest rates.To boost your score, you need to know where you need to improve.Keeping tabs on your…

The Bank of America headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina.Joe Daniel Price | Getty ImagesAs banks reported second-quarter earnings, one thing stood out: Banks that focus on Wall Street were pessimistic about the outlook, and banks that…

Klaus Vedfelt | DigitalVision | Getty ImagesMonths of stock market volatility may deliver a costly surprise to parents sending children to school this fall: smaller-than-expected 529 college savings plan balances. The average 529 account…

MoMo Productions | Taxi | Getty ImagesIn the last decade, a surge in home prices has built considerable wealth for the middle class.Total housing wealth grew by $8.2 trillion between 2010 and 2020, according to a March report from the…

The Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates in an effort to defuse an explosive year of price inflation. But global forces could neutralize the effects of that tightening of monetary policy, and keep inflation high.Some observers believe…

New homes under construction by CastleRock Communities in Kyle, Texas, in November 2021.Matthew Busch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRecord increases in home prices are also pushing up the amount of equity people have in their abodes.For many…