The latest equity drop-offs emerged as the national median single-family home and condo value slipped 4 percent over the Winter and was up just a modest 3 percent year-over-year during the first quarter. When prices flatten out or drop, equity usually follows even as homeowners pay o...
Every year, homeowners take out billions of dollars in home equity loans and equity lines of credit – and why not? Home equity loans are a great way to tap into the value of your home so you can afford some of life's major expenses, like a home upgrade or remodel, college tuition ...
Homeowners whohire a contractor for every little jobcannot understand the pride and satisfaction of completing a do it yourself project that will make a house more enjoyable or increase resale value. Some of us take on a lot of home improvements that we probably could afford to contract out bu...
Her husband died the year before, and she says, “I had to make a living. During the season, I work seven days a week. I can’t take off really—there’s no time for me to waste.” More recently, her son Darwin Dale Adams has taken over responsibility for the stand, but farming...
Before becoming mayor, Landrieu spent sixteen years in the Louisiana state legislature and seven years as the state's lieutenant governor. A youthful fifty years old, he is a compact, energetic man. His intense gaze and closely cropped buzz cut lend him a vaguely military bearing, but up clo...
Prices remaining elevated above pre-pandemic levels also means a wave of foreclosures next year is highly unlikely. Very few homeowners are likely to see their mortgages fall underwater even with next year’s anticipated price declines. That’s because the homeowners who’ve had their home for ...