For many older homeowners, home equity has become one of the most valuable financial resources they have. Case in point? U.S. homeowners held a collective $17.8 trillion in home equity as of mid-2025, ...

The home equity lending landscape is looking increasingly attractive for homeowners right now. Following the Federal Reserve's late October rate cut, in which the Fed dropped its benchmark rate by 25 ...

Next year, when her health care premium balloons, "it's gonna be a real hit," Ellen Allen says. "I'm worried about it." Allen lives near Charleston, W.Va., and directs a small nonprofit called West ...