FYI: Your home equity line of credit may be a lot less than you think

by John Wake on August 21, 2008

Many lenders slash the maximum about of credit available in home equity lines of credit when the value of the underlying collateral, the house, falls.

Kevin Hall of Carlsbad discovered his home-equity line of credit had been reduced from $206,000 to $72,000 after he had begun a major remodeling project.

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