A home equity loan is a type of second mortgage that allows you to borrow against the equity you have in your home, using your home as collateral. They typically have lower interest rates than other ...

J.R. Duren is a content marketing writer for CBS MoneyWatch's Managing Your Money team. However, if you need your home equity loan funds by May, things could get tricky, as the average timeline from ...

A home equity loan lets you borrow against your home equity, which is the difference between your home's market value and the remaining balance on your mortgage. Like home equity lines of credit ...

Caroline Basile is Forbes Advisor’s student loans and mortgages deputy editor. With experience in both the mortgage industry and as a journalist, she was previously an editor with HousingWire, where ...