More lenders are approving home equity loans without traditional appraisals, cutting weeks off the process. Here's how ...

Splitero reports that automated valuation models (AVMs) quickly estimate property values using data, offering speed and affordability over traditional appraisals.

Say your home is worth $400,000. Lenders will typically allow you to borrow between $320,000 to $340,000, including your ...

Mortgage Research Center. For 15-year fixed refinance mortgages, the average rate is 5.37%, and for 20-year mortgages, the average is 6.08%. Related: Compare Current Refinance Rates 30-Year Refinance ...

(THE CONVERSATION) For most families, owning a home is the primary way to accumulate wealth and transfer that wealth to future generations. But in Philadelphia and other U.S. cities, studies have ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance decreased to 6.39% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.4% for a 15-year financed mortgage and 6.07% for a 20-year financed mortgage ...