To calculate your home equity, take your home’s appraised value and subtract your mortgage balance: the difference is essentially your equity stake.

To calculate home equity: subtract any outstanding debt on the house from the value of the house. If a house is worth ...

Last week’s column explored Proposition 19 and the number of property tax transfer applications approved statewide in the last fiscal year. Voters in 2020 approved Prop. 19, which allows ...