Caroline Basile

Caroline Basile is Forbes Advisor’s student loans and mortgages deputy editor. During her career, she was previously an editor with HousingWire, where she wrote daily news and in-depth feature stories covering all aspects of the housing industry, from mortgages to real estate and financial technology. She graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in journalism. When she’s not working on finance-related content, Caroline enjoys baseball, traveling and going to concerts.

Expertise

• Mortgages
• Refinancing
• Home buying
• Housing market
• Real estate
• Student loans

Achievements

• Nearly 10 years of writing and editing experience
• Covered the housing and mortgage industry
• Freelance content creator for several companies in the mortgage industry
• Graduated from the University of North Texas

Other Publications

• What’s behind the recent surge in rental growth?
• Here’s how the shutdown is impacting mortgage lending right now
• Will sale-leasebacks change how homeowners tap into their equity?
• Housing starts tumble in December
• Senate passes rollback of Dodd-Frank banking rules

Education

University of North Texas, bachelor’s degree in journalism

Honors & Awards

• Honorable Mention for sponsored interactive story , Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Folio Magazine, 2018
• Honorable Mention for b2b feature story , Eddie & Ozzie Awards, Folio Magazine, 2018