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    Refinancing a HELOC Loan After a Divorce

Refinancing a HELOC Loan After a Divorce

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-08-20T10:46:08-05:00 August 9th, 2019|

Refinancing a HELOC loan after a divorce. This reader wants to know about refinancing a home equity line of credit to remove an ex-spouse's name. Q: I got divorced about four years ago. The deed to the house was, and is, in my name alone, and has been from the time we bought it.  During [...]

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    How to Decide if a Home Equity Loan is Right For You

How to Decide if a Home Equity Loan is Right For You

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-02-11T14:57:09-06:00 November 30th, 2018|

How do you decide if a home equity loan is right for you? An honest look at your current debts and a talk with your mortgage lender may be able to help. Q: We’re thinking that we don’t want to move forward with a home equity loan we applied for. We’re pretty far along in [...]

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    Buying Your Spouse Out Of The House

Buying Your Spouse Out Of The House

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-07-13T14:56:28-05:00 July 13th, 2018|

Buying your spouse out of the house is not unusual, but take some consideration before getting a loan do so. Q: My ex-husband wants money before he signs the house over to me. We have no mortgage on the home. I’d like to know if I can take home equity loan just to pay him [...]

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    When is the Best Time to Take Out a Home Equity Loan?

When is the Best Time to Take Out a Home Equity Loan?

By Ilyce Glink| 2017-10-29T19:34:07-05:00 October 27th, 2017|

The best time to take out a home equity loan varies depending on the lender and the home value. Q: My home will be paid off in February. My bank recommended that I obtain an home equity loan now. They told me that if I waited until after if was paid off I’d lose 30 [...]

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    How To Pay Off A Home Equity Loan With A Very High Interest Rate

How To Pay Off A Home Equity Loan With A Very High Interest Rate

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-06-19T11:08:07-05:00 June 8th, 2017|

What happens when your parents die and you discover an unpaid home equity loan with an extremely high interest rate? This person inherited a house, which is in probate, but also discovered what looks like a 30-year home equity loan that carries such a high interest rate that the loan balance is never paid down. [...]

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    3 Ways to Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates

3 Ways to Take Advantage of Low Interest Rates

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-02-20T10:13:15-06:00 August 24th, 2014|

Mortgage rates have found their way down to the lowest point of the year. Last week, they hit 4.10 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) and 3.23 percent for a 15-year. Last year at this time, they were 4.58 percent and 3.6 percent respectively, according to the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey. It’s [...]

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    Do I Need to Pay the Alternative Minimum Tax?

Do I Need to Pay the Alternative Minimum Tax?

By Guest| 2018-01-10T15:49:25-06:00 April 4th, 2014|

Once upon a time (back in 1967), there were 155 taxpayers with incomes over $200,000 (more than $1.3 million in today’s dollars) who paid no income tax at all. Twenty of them were millionaires. Because the government needed to fund its programs—including the Vietnam War—the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was born as part of the [...]

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