Knowing how to calculate home equity gives homeowners a way to understand their home’s worth — and potentially liquidate it for their needs or wants. Your home equity is basically your home’s fair ...

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For most lending products, you’ll need an appraisal, which adds extra fees to your loan costs. Fortunately, not every lender will require one. No-appraisal HELOCs and home equity loans are alternative ...

Q: My mother gave me a Roseville vase in 1975 and told me to take good care of it, as it may be valuable someday because the company went out of business. It is jade green with lilies of the valley.