Learn about the four ways a Unison Equity Sharing Agreement can end, including selling your home or choosing a buyout.
Terrence Odean, professor of finance at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, shares his suggestions for avoiding common mistakes when buying a home.
You likely have an idea of what home improvements you want for you, but have you considered which renovations impact your home's value most? Read on to help narrow down your wishlist.
Also known as PMI, it's a form of insurance homeowners may have to carry, typically when they've entered a mortgage agreement with a sub-20% down payment. Explore the details!
Being a woman is expensive. Between the pay gap and the costs of motherhood... but what about the parental spending gap?
PMI is typically required for sub-20% down mortgages, but once you're in, is there a way out? Read on for some strategic moves to reduce or remove monthly PMI payments.
Commissioned by Unison and designed by local artists, the Welcome Tower is intended to celebrate San Francisco's history and inspire new housing solutions for the next generation.
You’ve probably heard it’s good to build equity in your home. But what is home equity, exactly? How can you calculate the equity you have in your home? What can you even use that home equity to do?
While you’ve heard that your house is your biggest asset, you might be unsure how to take advantage of the fact. Property is illiquid–which means, it isn’t ready money you can just use.
If your child is making the transition to college this year, you yourself may be anticipating a transition of your own: the “empty nest.”
Technically, the “Accessory Dwelling Unit” (ADU) has been around since the 1980s, though the concept itself is much older. If the phrase doesn’t ring a bell, you might know it better as “granny house” or “backyard cottage.”
It’s a universal truth that the vast majority of homeowners are sitting on an enormous amount of equity. That equity is most often trapped in their homes, where it can’t be used to help them with their pressing needs.
We’ve long considered ourselves privileged to empower homeowners to achieve financial freedom and wellbeing by helping them tap into their home equity.
