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Home equity is up 6%: 3 things homeowners should do with it right now

With home equity up 6% year-over-year, homeowners may want to consider using those funds for select purposes now.

CBS News - 1d

Is a $150,000 home equity loan worth it?

A $150,000 home equity loan will lower your available equity, but it can still be worth applying for. Here's why.

CBS News - Feb. 25

How to grow your home equity in 2025

Thinking of borrowing from your home equity this year? Here are three effective ways to grow it first.

CBS News - Feb. 25

Will a HELOC or home equity loan be better this March?

Both home equity borrowing products have unique benefits for homeowners this March. Here's what to know now.

CBS News - 5d

What's the average home equity amount right now?

Here's how much home equity the average homeowner now has to tap into with a HELOC or home equity loan.

CBS News - 2d

Should you use a home equity loan for spring home renovations?

These loans can be a smart option due to fixed rates and stable payments, but they aren't right for every borrower.

CBS News - Feb. 24

3 home equity borrowing moves to make before the March Fed meeting

With another Federal Reserve meeting set for March, potential home equity borrowers should consider these moves now.

CBS News - Feb. 21

How much will a $150,000 home equity loan cost per month in 2025?

A $150,000 home equity loan won't be cheap, but it's one of the least expensive ways to borrow a six-figure sum now.

CBS News - Feb. 21

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s Diatribe About Working From Home Is the Dumbest Thing I’ve Heard All Week

‘Don’t don’t give me this s–t that work-from-home-Friday works,” Jamie Dimon said at an employee town hall.

Inc. - Feb. 23

Michelin-star chef says this is the No. 1 thing home cooks waste money on: 'It's a vanity in the kitchen'

Chef Gabriel Kreuther says one of the biggest mistakes he sees home cooks making is outfitting their kitchen as if they were running a restaurant.

CNBC - 4d

Can I take out a HELOC with low equity?

A HELOC can be a good borrowing option in today's rate environment, but can you qualify with low home equity?

CBS News - 5d

Private equity needs a new IPO playbook

PE and venture capital investors have good reason to eye the markets this year

Financial Times - 2d

Private equity industry shrinks for the first time in decades

Assets under management fell 2% last year as investors pulled back from sector

Financial Times - 22h

Home team

In 2021, Ama Tening Sow, a young boy from Dakar, Senegal, had dreams of playing basketball in the United States. A private high school in Pennsylvania sponsored him, but in 2022, the school went ...

CBS News - Feb. 23

How private equity played a role in Red Lobster and TGI Fridays bankruptcies

In 2024, 21 restaurant and bar chains filed for bankruptcy. Ten of those had been backed by private equity, according to PitchBook.

CNBC - Feb. 25

Norway’s oil fund to allocate billions to long-short equity hedge funds

Norges Bank Investment Management to give $250mn mandates to external managers

Financial Times - 22h

David Cameron joins Jeb Bush’s private equity firm

Former UK prime minister takes up part-time, paid advisory role at ex-Florida governor’s Finback Investment Partners

Financial Times - 6h

We Can Achieve Great Things

Progressives, who believe in using government to do good things, have built a system that renders government incompetent.

The New York Times - 6d

Nebraska nixes Tennessee home-and-home plan

Nebraska has opted out of its deal to play Tennessee in a home-and-home series scheduled for 2026 and 2027 because the Huskers' football stadium will be undergoing renovations.

ESPN - Feb. 21

Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend

David Moyes faces a former club, Djed Spence’s difficult duel and Chris Wood could haunt his old employers. The winter arrival of Woyo Coulibaly from Parma underwhelmed Leicester fans as the ...

The Guardian - Feb. 21

19 things Trump and his team did this week

In his fifth week in office, Trump called Zelensky a dictator, sought more federal civil service cuts and dropped in on Nascar.

BBC News - Feb. 22

30 things we love in the world of food, 2025

From a taste of Brazil in Manchester to the rise of the choc ice. *** Continue reading...

The Guardian - Feb. 23

When They Stop Selling Your Favorite Thing

Shoppers are going online to pay dearly for discontinued items, from the perfect lip pencil to Tab.

The New York Times - Feb. 24

Moving fast and breaking things doesn't work in government

Breaking a social media company is not like dismantling the infrastructure, social programs or oversight mechanisms of one of the largest and most powerful countries in the world.

The Hill - Feb. 25

12 things we spotted in the Oscars class photo

Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Demi Moore and Timothée Chalamet were among the actors smiling for the camera.

BBC News - Feb. 26

Replacing Buttler as captain the sensible thing to do - Agnew

Replacing Jos Buttler as captain could rejuvenate him as a player and is the sensible thing for England to do after Champions Trophy exit, says Jonathan Agnew.

BBC News - Feb. 26

Trump Is Breaking Things We Can’t Just Fix

The president’s about-face on Ukraine has taught our allies a lesson they won’t be unlearning anytime soon.

The New York Times - 3d

Portfolio trading — now also A Thing in European bonds

We love big bond trades and we cannot lie

Financial Times - 2d

America Became Great Because of the Things Trump Hates

“Shock and awe” didn’t end well in Iraq and it won’t end well in the United States.

The New York Times - 5h

Once high-flying Bluebird Bio sells itself to private equity after tough times for the gene therapy maker

Bluebird Bio will sell itself to private equity firms Carlyle and SK Capital for about $30 million, the company said Friday.

CNBC - Feb. 21

DeepSeek has stoked a rotation out of India stocks into Chinese equities — but experts advise caution

Chinese stocks, led by a tech rally, have been on a tear since the release of DeepSeek's R1 model that challenged the U.S.-led AI ecosystem on costs and performance.

CNBC - Feb. 24

Nordic combined, the only Winter Games sport without gender equity, faces shaky future at Olympics

Nordic combined has a rich history in the Olympics and potentially, a bleak future

ABC News - Feb. 24

Home Depot says high interest rates are hampering home-remodeling plans

“There’s just no denying the deferral that we’re still seeing,” said Billy Bastek, Home Depot’s executive vice president of merchandising.

MarketWatch - Feb. 25

‘I love a home with a story’: inside a designer’s colourful London home

Designer Lou Rota shares her use of space, colour and nature to create a legacy home. Just as the British designer Lou Rota is enjoying what you might call a third act in her career – from ...

The Guardian - 3d

Israeli hostages return home in caskets

Hamas handed over four coffins Thursday, which the militant group said contained the bodies of four Israeli hostages -- Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, as well as Oded Lifshitz, ...

CBS News - Feb. 20

Residents could be out of their homes 'for a year'

Godstone residents affected by the sinkholes attend a meeting to discuss what happens next.

BBC News - Feb. 25

Apple cheers Trump with $500bn US investment plan; UK defence firm Chemring ‘targeted’ by private equity firm – business live

One of the world’s largest private equity investors has made an approach to buy Chemring, the FTSE 250 defence group, Sky News reports. German election live: Merz says priority is to make Europe ...

The Guardian - Feb. 24

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