If you’ve owned your home for a while, you might be curious how much home equity you have. And perhaps more importantly, if you can tap into that equity and get some cash to pay for expenses. This is ...

If you’re thinking about buying a property in a rural part of the United States, my USDA loan calculator could help you determine eligibility. Aside from estimating your full monthly payment, ...

You’ve probably heard that mortgage rates hit a new 2026 high. That’s true. The 30-year fixed climbed to 6.89%, per the latest daily rate update from Mortgage News Daily. It is indeed the highest ...

My debt-to-income calculator might be the most important calculator you use during the home buying process. Why? Because the number one reason mortgages are declined is because of a debt-to-income ...

If you’re thinking about buying a home (or already in escrow), you might be wondering how much it’ll set you back. There are a lot of hands involved in a real estate transaction beyond just the buyer ...

The July jobs report just came out and it was very ugly. So ugly that the number of jobs created was negative instead of positive. While that doesn’t bode well for the economy, it’s certainly a ...

This seems to come up a lot now that mortgage rates are no longer on sale. Prospective home buyers want to know if you can still get a super-low mortgage rate. Maybe not a 2-3% rate, but something in ...