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Christina Zelow Lundquist/ Getty Images; Illustration by Austin Courregé/Bankrate Key takeaways Cash-out refinancing allows you to turn equity into cash through refinancing your mortgage. While you can’t cash out all of your home’s equity, the process gives you access to a larger sum of money without needing to sell your home.

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Images by Getty Images; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Although interest rates aren’t as favorable as they were in recent years, refinancing might make sense for homeowners who want to pull out cash to renovate their homes. Steer clear of any lenders that push refinancing even if it isn’t financially advantageous for you.

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You can use your equity to renovate some rooms, pay off credit cards, cover college tuition, start your own business … or almost anything else. It represents the total debt against the home: both the original mortgage and the size of the new home equity loan or line of credit. Home equity can be a valuable resource for homeowners.

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Home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) and home equity loans are two similar finance tools — methods of borrowing money against the ownership stake you have in your home. But it’s a revolving debt that offers an amount of funds (a replenishable balance, similar to a credit card limit) tied to the level of equity in your home.

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Key takeaways Determine how much you need before you apply to avoid requesting more money after you’re approved or borrowing more than you need. The steps may vary depending on whether you’re looking for debt consolidation loans , home improvement loans, medical loans or wedding loans.

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NerdWallet’s Best-Of Award Winner Best Mortgage Lender For Cash-Out Refinancing NBKC: NMLS#409631 5.0 It offers a significant volume of cash-out refinancing with unusually low origination fees. The mortgage lender provides the rest of the money to buy the property. But how much of a down payment do you really need?

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