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Monday, November 26, 2012

Home Equity Loans Make Comeback Fueling U.S. Spending

After six years of declines, Moody's forecasts that lending for home equity lines of credit will rise 30 percent to $79.6 billion this year, the highest level since the start of the financial crisis four years ago. Meanwhile, Moody's projects that originations in 2013 will jump another 31 percent to $104 billion. The Mortgage Bankers Association notes that the amount of equity homeowners had in the second quarter increased by $406 billion to $7.3 trillion, the highest level since 2007.

From "Home Equity Loans Make Comeback Fueling U.S. Spending"
Bloomberg (11/26/12) Howley, Kathleen M. ---BAI   

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