Homeownership

How to Prepare for a Home Appraisal: A Step-by-Step Guide

A home appraisal is a crucial step in the process of applying for home equity financing. Follow these key steps to prepare for your appraisal.

Homeownership

How to Pay for Home Improvements

Recently decide to renovate your home, but not sure how to pay for the home improvements? From traditional methods like using cash or credit cards to more unconventional options like tapping into equity, here are eight ways to finance home improvements.

Homeownership

What Are ADUs?

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.”

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.

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?

Homeownership

The Woes of Winter Maintenance

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.