Cash-out refinancing hits near 3-year high in Q2 Total tappable U.S. home equity reaches $11.6 trillion Some markets see equity drop as prices cool in Sunbelt, West Homeowners are cashing in on years ...

Buying a home is perhaps the most significant purchase a person can make. But once the home is in hand, homeowners will undoubtedly find themselves in need of making repairs or upgrades to their house ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance fell to 6.34% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.32% ...

Tapping into home equity can provide substantial funds for home improvements at lower interest rates than personal loans or credit cards. Home equity loans, HELOCs, cash-out refinances and FHA 203(k) ...

Home equity is at historic highs. If you've faithfully paid your mortgage over the years, you've likely built up quite a bit of it yourself. According to the Federal Reserve, American homeowners are ...

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance. It ...

A rate and term refinance replaces your previous mortgage with a new loan that has a different rate, a different term or both. You can use a rate and term refinance to switch from one type of loan to ...

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ICE Mortgage Technology, neutral provider of a robust end-to-end mortgage platform and part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), today released its ...

Matt Richardson is the senior managing editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com. He writes and edits content about personal finance ranging from savings to investing to insurance.

Homeowners are cashing in on years of home equity gains, even as mortgage rates remain elevated. The trend sent cash-out home refinancing activity to a nearly three-year high in the April-June quarter ...