Why aren’t more people tapping into their home equity?

Homeowners have a nice stockpile of pent-up wealth in their homes and home prices continue to appreciate. And, it seems that every quarter a new startup emerges promising to disrupt the home equity space by giving homeowners a better, faster, cheaper or even debt-free way to tap into the wealth in their homes. And yet, so many Americans appear to be reluctant to take this route. What gives? We talked to a number of experts for their take.