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Using Your Equity: How to Borrow Against Your Home the Smart Way

For many homeowners, home equity is something that quietly builds over time. It’s a number you might glance at on a mortgage statement or that comes when people talk about selling.

Home Equity

Should You Tap Into Your Home Equity Now? A 2025 Guide to Smart Borrowing

In 2025, it’s plain to see that we’re all navigating a more complex financial landscape than usual. And homeowners are no exception! For those with substantial home equity, tapping into that investment can represent a significant financial tool.

Financial Health

Are HELOCs and Home Equity Loans Tax-Deductible? Here's What to Know in 2025

Many homeowners turn to HELOCs and home equity loans to fund big projects. And with interest rates often lower than credit cards or personal loans, it’s easy to see the appeal. But one question comes up again and again.

Home Equity

HELOC, HELOAN, or Cash-Out Refi? How to Choose the Right Option for Your Home Equity

Each of these tools can help you access cash from your home, but they work in different ways. The best choice for you depends on how much equity you have, what you’re using the funds for, and whether you want to replace your current mortgage or keep it.

Home Equity

Should You Use a HELOC or Home Equity Loan to Buy a Second Property?

In this article, we break down the real risks and opportunities of using your home equity to invest in real estate. We’ll help you understand when this strategy makes sense — and when it might be too risky to justify.

Homeownership

What Types of Natural Disasters Do Most Homeowners Insurance Policies Cover?

Discover which natural disasters homeowners insurance typically covers, from windstorms to fires, and learn about common exclusions like floods and earthquakes. Protect your home by understanding your policy.

Homeownership

Unison Takes to the Global Stage at the Innovative Finance Global Summit

We’ve long considered ourselves privileged to empower homeowners to achieve financial freedom and wellbeing by helping them tap into their home equity.

Home Equity

What Should I Know About HELOCs?

The home remains the largest asset for most of us, and is one of the most straightforward ways to grow wealth. But it can be difficult to realize that wealth and turn it into a liquid asset you can actually use!

Homeownership

Climate Change, Natural Disasters, & Home Values: an Overview

When we see natural disasters on the news, we see numbers–property damages, loss of life, displaced peoples. What are the long-term effects on home values and demographics, though?

Home Equity

Investing in Real Estate: Is an AirBnb Better than Traditional Renting?

For years you’ve heard that real estate is one of the best investments you can make. It’s considered something of a safe bet; unlike the literal dollar, real estate doesn’t lose value to inflation over time.