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HELOC Vs Home Equity Loan: How Do They Work?

Savings Corner

Both typically allow you to tap up to 80 or 85 percent — even 90 percent — of your home’s value, minus your outstanding mortgage balance. Let’s look more closely at how HELOCs and home equity loans work, and how to determine which would work best for you. Home equity loan: What is it? What’s the appeal?

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The Danger In Assuming

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Despite having climbed their way up the corporate ladder and proving their value in millions of revenue and/or savings for the companies they worked for, the structure of each company was changing such that my parents were no longer necessary, regardless of their past performance. Emergencies happen…to everyone.