postheadericon The Relationship Between Secured Loans, Mortgages And Remortgages.



by Mary Vent


There are three means of borrowing that have several features in common with each other to each are secured loans, remortgages and mortgages, and what the makes this so is due to the fact that they need collateral and what this is is the equity on a property.

People not up on equity must learn that equity is the difference between the value of a property and the balance of the mortgage secured on this asset..

If a property has a value of 275,000 and the mortgage secured upon it is 130,000 the equity left is of course 145000.

There are never the less quite distinct differences between mortgages, remortgages and secured loans, although if they were humans they would be like cousins.

Let us first of all look at mortgages and to give an explanation of what they are, is that mortgages are loans needed to purchase property.

Very few prospective home buyers have enough money to hand to buy a property without the need to take out a mortgage.

Remortgages are replacing a mortgage that currently stands on a property and moving this mortgage to another mortgage lender which can simply be to obtain a lower interest rate or to raise more funds.

Additional remortgage funds can be used for almost any purpose from buying a car , to paying for home improvements, paying for a wedding or a very popular use for a remortgage is for debt consolidation.

Homeowners can take out additional money by remortgaging and use it to pay for home improvements when with cash in hand it often enables him to obtain a bargain for any sort of improvement..

Secured loans are homeowner loans that are also secured on residential property, and in the same way as remortgages can be used for almost any purpose, and although they have higher interest rates, the rates are none the less low being from about 9% at present. Like mortgages and remortgages, secured loans are registered at the Land Registry, and they are a second charge on the property




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