home equity loan

noun

: a loan based on the amount of equity a person has in his or her home

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Is a Third Federal home equity loan right for me? Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 The delinquency rates for those types of loans are at the highest levels since 2009, though the rates of people failing to make mortgage and home equity loan payments are at a historic low, FICO reported. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025 The company offers a marketplace for home equity loan originators to sell loans on the blockchain, as well as makes home equity loans, some which are backed by cryptocurrency. Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 At the other end of the scale, West Virginia had the lowest home equity loan offers at an average of $64,916, followed by Iowa ($72,817) and Arkansas ($81,645), according to LendingTree's data. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home equity loan

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“Home equity loan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/home%20equity%20loan. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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home equity loan

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