Renting out your pool or another of your home's leisure amenities can be a lucrative side hustle. But is it worth the hassle?

The real story on how to improve credit from an on-the-ground loan officer who works with first-time buyers daily.

This morning's jobs report (aka employment situation report) for May was likely bad for mortgage rates. Read on for the figures, but they were unexpectedly good for the economy and bad for inflation.

Homeowners have record levels of equity. And many are tapping theirs using HELOCs, according to a new study. Yes, we're seeing a HELOC boom.

Markets are concerned about section 899, a provision buried in the tax and spending bill. But are they overreacting?

We're almost as tired of writing about how markets have been ignoring economic reports as you must have grown reading about it. But things changed yesterday. Mortgage rates fell appreciably that day.