
Home equity news: Recession fears intensify as HELOC rates hit new low
A roundup of the week’s top stories in home equity, mortgages and real estate.
About the author
Linda Bell is a senior writer on Bankrate's Home Lending team, producing content around HELOCs, financing home renovations, home equity loans and more. Before joining Bankrate in 2024, she spent more than 20 years as a business and personal finance reporter and writer at organizations including Bloomberg, Fox Business and NerdWallet.
During the housing boom and bust of the 2000s, Linda appeared on hundreds of local television and radio stations providing insight on the stock market and housing industry. At NerdWallet, her focus was homeownership and mortgages, including the homebuying process, home affordability and mortgage management.
Linda is deeply committed to advocating for equal homeownership opportunities for everyone. Her investigative radio series “Minorities and the Housing Market” won numerous awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the New York Association of Black Journalists.
Linda graduated from New York University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Print Journalism and English Literature.
While you may have your heart set on buying a home, homeownership is not the right choice for everyone. It is important to weigh the pros and cons before making what will likely be the biggest purchase of your life.
— Linda Bell
A roundup of the week’s top stories in home equity, mortgages and real estate.
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