Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Interesting Facts About Homeowner Loans Otherwise Know As Secured Loans.


By Liz Moir

It is only homeowners who are eligible to apply for homeowner loans A.K.A. secured loans.

Tenants cannot apply for homeowner loans as these secured loans are secured, and what they are secured against is the equity in a property. Equity is the difference between the worth of a property, and the balance of the mortgage. If for example the mortgage balance is 150,000 and the property is worth 300,000 the equity in this case is 150,000.

Secured loans used to be available at high loan to values up to 100% , and there were also 90% and 95% LTV plans.Secured loans of up to 100,000 were available. In addition income and credit rating were taken into aaccount.

Certain secured loan lenders including Paragon, EPF and First Plus even gave secured loans at 25% more than the property was worth. This was acceptable when house prices were rising, but when they started to fall these secured homeowner loan lenders were in serious trouble.

These loan to values have now gone and the maximum LTV is now 80% if the homeowner is in employment and 10% is deducted if the homeowner loan borrower is self employed.

Secured homeowner loans used to be up to a maximum loan value of 250,000. With others the maximum available homeowner loan was 100,000. Secured loans are available now of up to 50,000 with some homeowner loan lenders, and some are prepared to lend up to 100,000.

Secured homeowner loans can be used for almost any purpose whether it is to buy a car, a motorhome, caravan, etc. If a secured loan is used to buy such a thing as a car it means that it can be bought privately at an auction or from a private person saving money compared to buying the same car from a garage, and it also does away with needing a deposit. Currently car loans are normally only available up to about 70% of the purchase price and this can be thousands of pounds needed as a deposit. Using a homeowner loan does away with the requirement of having a deposit.

A homeowner loan is an excellent way to arrange debt consolidation which combines all your outgoings on credit cards, personal loans, etc. saving you a fortune and making your financial life easier to manage.

By taking out a homeowner loan you can even use it to buy a holiday home whether your preference is the UK, Europe or even further afield.

These are only a few facts about homeowner loans to hopefully wet your appetite for this excellent low interest secured loan product.

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