Your only home equity rates news source! Click on each item to read full story.   Home equity loan rates for May 2, 2013 read story Interest Rate Roundup Mortgages CDs Auto Loans Home Equity Credit Cards Find the best home equity rates in your area. Home Equity 5.15% (line of credit) 6.15% (loan) Rates on loans backed by home equity ...   More Than Refinancing: Why Low Mortgage Rates Matter to Homeowners read story Low mortgage rates stimulate the economy and help homeowners rebuild from the housing crash.   In retirement, can more debt be wise? read story Conventional wisdom says homeowners should pay off their home loans before retirement. But for some affluent seniors, a mortgage may be a better financial decision.   more 2 life maintains pressure on rates read story Equity release lender more 2 life is maintaining the pressure on rates with a further rate cut to 5.5% on its Protected Equity Plan enabling customers to safeguard part of their equity for inheritances.   How Home Depot Keeps Building Its Business read story The home improvement retail giant reports earnings tomorrow, and a rebounding housing market is just what it needs to keep growing.           First Person: Why Refinancing a Rental Is More Complicated Than Ever read story If you are thinking that now might be a great time to refinance one of your rental properties, think again. While rates are low and the process relatively easy for home owners who are refinancing a primary residence, those of us wanting to refinance our investment properties are discovering that standards are tougher than ever.   Do high home ownership rates really kill the labour market? read story A new study of U.S. data has found a link between higher home ownership rates and a rise over time in unemployment, and the authors are encouraging other researchers to check and advance their work to discover the possible causes of such a longterm trend.   Consumer loan rates read story Banks Home equity rate (PTS) Auto Boat Assemblies of God CU 4.25 1.99 4.99 BluCurrent Credit Union 4.00 2.49 7.49 CU Community CU 5.00 3.99 4.99 Commercial Federal Bank 8.74 N/A N/A Community Financial Credit Union 4.00 2.99 4.64 Educational Com CU 4.90 3.39 6.20 Empire Bank 5.00 2.99 2.99 First Home Savings Bank 5.25 6.25 7.00 First National Bank 5.00 5.00 5.00 Great Southern 5.50 2.24 8.49 ...   Home equity lines of credit begin to rebound read story By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Home equity lines of credit, which soared in popularity during the housing boom but faded as residential real estate values crashed, are starting to make ...   Channel Data Management Visionary Zyme Secures New Funding read story Zyme Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-based channel data solutions announced that it has accepted new equity financing to accelerate growth in response to the rapidly expanding demand for its solutions....