Home loans, explained on video

FHA loans let buyers get into a home with as little as 3.5% down and more flexible credit requirements than conventional loans — here's how they work and who they're built for.

What a conventional loan really is, who it fits best, and how it compares to FHA when you're buying a home — explained in plain language.

Waiting for the 'perfect' market usually costs more than it saves. Here's how to tell when the timing is right for your situation — not the headlines.

Rates, prices, your savings, your plans — the real factors that decide whether now is your moment to buy, rather than trying to time the market.

Rent receipts build someone else's wealth. A look at renting versus owning and the long-term payoff of putting money toward your own home.

What home equity is, how much you can borrow against it, and the common ways to pull it out — cash-out refinance, a second loan, and more.

Tapping the equity in your current home to fund the next purchase — how a cash-out refinance can help turn one property into two.

Your first home can help you buy your second. How homeowners use built-up equity as the down payment on another property.

Cash from a refinance isn't income, so it generally isn't taxed. A plain-language look at why — and the spots where taxes can still come into play.

You don't always need a Social Security number to buy a home. How borrowers with an ITIN or DACA status can qualify and start building equity.