What is a Home Equity Loan
Many people asking about what is a home equity loan? Home equity loan are a way of using your property equity value to loan money against. Essentially, home equity loan is a ’second mortgage’ - a mortgage loan secured by your property.
What Is Equity Value?
Equity value of your property mean the difference between the value of your home and the mortgage balance. An example, the value of your home/property is $150,000 and the mortgage balance is $50,000. The equity value of your home is $150,000. In other world, your home equity loan available up to $150,000.
Kind of Home Equity Loan
There is 2 types of home equity loan, Traditional home equity loan and home equity line of credit. Traditional home equity loan or called second mortgage loan: lender/bank provides a lamp sum of cash and you must pay back bank over a period. Hence, interest directly in calculation on the first day the bank gives you money. Don’t matter you are keep in you saving account or the monies has been use.
Home equity line of credit: lender/bank offers home equity loan with provide a credit card or chequebook for borrower. While borrower need money, they can access the “line of credit” through credit card or just bank in cheque. Interest starts only after you make use of the money. Read more »
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