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Fintech firm completes first-ever Home Equity Investment-backed securitization
By Holden Walter-Warner | October 13, 2021 10:15AM
Fintech startup Point and finance company Redwood Trust, Inc. have teamed up to deliver what they claim is a...
Fintech firm completes first-ever Home Equity Investment-backed securitization
National
Home values are up, but just try getting a line of credit
TRD Staff | April 30, 2021 09:38AM
Remember the financial crisis? Banks do. Lenders are being stingy about granting home equity lines of credit even as...
Home values are up, but just try getting a line of credit
National
More Americans are choosing not to tap into their home equity
By Kenneth R. Harney | April 19, 2019 10:45AM
American homeowners are doing something surprising: Despite record amounts of home equity available to them — an estimated $1.5...
More Americans are choosing not to tap into their home equity
National
Startup that offers alternative to home equity lending raises $122M
TRD Staff | March 21, 2019 12:00PM
A startup that buys equity in homes and then offers to sell it back to residents has raised $122...
Startup that offers alternative to home equity lending raises $122M
National
Why Chase is turning to Pinterest to take on the “most competitive market” in 20 years
By Erin Hudson | November 25, 2018 10:30AM
JPMorgan Chase’s new customized Pinterest boards are meant to simulate a dream renovation, with only the smallest dose of...
Why Chase is turning to Pinterest to take on the “most competitive market” in 20 years
National
More U.S. homes worth twice their mortgage loans: report
By Gregory Cornfield | November 11, 2018 03:00PM
There are more homes in the United States now worth at least twice as much as the loans secured for...
More U.S. homes worth twice their mortgage loans: report
Weekend Edition
What’s a degree worth? A third of homeowners say they’d borrow against their homes to pay for it
TRD Staff | September 22, 2018 01:36PM
Homeowners across the country have about $5.8 trillion in equity and — notwithstanding some hesitancy — there’s some surprising ways they plan on using...
What’s a degree worth? A third of homeowners say they’d borrow against their homes to pay for it
Here’s why homeowners aren’t borrowing against their equity
TRD Staff | July 12, 2018 08:30AM
Homeowners have more equity than ever before — but are still hesitant to borrow against it. As home prices...
Here’s why homeowners aren’t borrowing against their equity
Doomsday predictions over tax cuts have not come true — yet
By Kenneth R. Harney | June 15, 2018 10:00AM
What if Congress passed a massive tax bill with scary cutbacks in deductions for homeowners — prompting dire predictions...
Doomsday predictions over tax cuts have not come true — yet
Weekend Edition
The three cities where rising homes values equal a six-figure salary
TRD Staff | April 14, 2018 10:19AM
If you own a home in the tech hubs of San Francisco, Seattle or San Jose, values are appreciating...
The three cities where rising homes values equal a six-figure salary