line of credit
noun phrase
: the maximum credit allowed a buyer or borrower
also
: an agreement providing credit up to a certain amount
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Both come with the same tax advantages, giving you flexibility to choose either a loan or a line of credit.
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Management’s thoughts on the interest rate environment for 2026 and its implications for new home construction (linked to mortgage rates) and home renovation activity (linked to shorter-term HELOC, or home equity line of credit, rates) will be important to investors.
—Matthew J. Belvedere,zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025
Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
As of last week, the average rate on a home equity loan was 8.11% and the variable rate on home equity line of credit (HELOC) was 7.85%, according to Bankrate.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
Management’s thoughts on the interest rate environment for 2026 and its implications for new home construction (linked to mortgage rates) and home renovation activity (linked to shorter-term HELOC, or home equity line of credit, rates) will be important to investors.
—Matthew J. Belvedere,zev Fima, CNBC, 16 Nov. 2025
Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
As of last week, the average rate on a home equity loan was 8.11% and the variable rate on home equity line of credit (HELOC) was 7.85%, according to Bankrate.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Line of credit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20of%20credit. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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