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  "id": 16056190,
  "title": "Should you use home equity to pay off credit card debt? Here's when it can backfire.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/should-you-use-home-equity-to-pay-off-credit-card-debt-heres-when-it",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T14:07:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-equity-to-pay-off-credit-card-debt-heres-when-it-can-backfire/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Your home's equity could offer a way out of expensive debt, but the potential savings come with serious trade-offs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}