Rising home values have led to significant equity gains over the past few years. As of 2025, homeowners hold an aggregate of over $30 trillion. A cash-out refinance allows you to tap into your home ...

Military life isn't always easy, so when active-duty members and veterans have the opportunity to take advantage of service-related perks, those perks are at least worth looking into, right?

Government refinance applications increased by 42% over the week, according to the MBA’s Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending Feb. 28, 2025. This jump was mainly due to the dip in ...

The rate on a 30-year fixed refinance dropped to 6.02% today, according to the Mortgage Research Center. Rates averaged 5.27% ...

One of the best benefits that active duty and retired military service members receive is access to VA mortgages. The VA home loan program, which started in 1944, enables military personnel and their ...

The VA Cash-Out Refinance loan allows eligible Veterans and active-duty service members to replace their existing mortgage with a new VA-backed loan—potentially at a lower rate—while extracting cash ...

Refinancing a mortgage means getting a new loan to replace your current mortgage, which could lower your interest rate, accelerate your repayment term or cash out equity — all of which can help you ...

What Is a Cash-out Refinance? If you opt for a cash-out refinance, you’ll take out a new, larger mortgage to replace your existing one. You’ll then receive the difference between the two loans as a ...