Last month, in the unpublished opinion Olson v. Unison Agreement Corporation, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit found that a home equity investment (HEI) agreement met the ...

One of the primary advantages homeowners have over renters is the ability to tap into their home equity. This equity can be accessed through several different loan products that pay out a lump sum or ...

A home equity agreement is an arrangement where a homeowner sells a portion of the equity in their home to an investor in exchange for cash. The homeowner must pay back the amount within a specific ...

Homeowners in the U.S. have relied on two familiar methods for accessing their housing wealth, otherwise known as equity, in the past. Those two methods are home equity loans and home equity lines of ...