Investing in a home of your own is a sound decision and can turn out to be your most valuable asset. It creates equity on your home, which gradually increases as payments are made against the mortgage. For example, if you have a loan of $200000 against your home, and in course of time the balance on the mortgage stands at $140000, the equity on the home is $60000.This will keep growing as continued payments are made against the mortgage. This equity can then be used as collateral for getting a home equity loan.
When money is required for special needs like education, to pay off debts, or for home improvement, a home equity loan might be an excellent way to cover the costs involved. However, it is generally best when you know exactly how much it is going to cost you. It can help you by providing capital in the form of a loan against the accrued value of your equity in your home while allowing you several years to pay it off. The period of repayment can be from 5 to 30 years, though usually it is for 15 years.
On the other hand, Home Equity Lines of Credit may be a better option for taking advantage of your home equity for short-term borrowing. This allows access to funds as and when needed, without the necessity of borrowing anything extra. It suits anyone requiring a large sum of money to take care of some immediate expense, like repairs to plumbing in the house, or some other expensive eventuality. You may need the money urgently, if you have the means to pay it off in a shorter period it will allow you access to further credit in the future, if required. However, it should be understood that Home Equity Lines Of Credit are usually close ended, which allow you to use the credit limit for just about 10 years. After which, any debt in the account is amortized and treated like a term debt, which then ends up as regular repayments of principal and interest to retire the debt.
The approval for lending is usually easy as the lender has collateral to cover the loan amount. Moreover, the value of the collateral keeps increasing with the efflux of time. Even then, a bad credit rating would have a negative impact upon the approval of the loan application. A good credit rating, in contrast, would allow qualification for a low rate home equity loan that can give you substantial saving over the life of the loan. Therefore, one of the things lenders look into, and rely heavily upon, is the credit history of the borrower, to determine the appropriate rate of interest.
The most important decision for the borrower in the whole process of getting a loan would be the selection of the best lender. Various lenders have different terms, and a careful selection of a lender who has terms that offer a low fee, low interest rates, along with other incentives, would help save thousands of dollars. Contacting various traditional banks, credit card unions and online companies would be a great way to start. You could also use the Internet to search for information about various home equity lenders available.
Once you’ve selected a few home equity lenders, it is advisable getting at least three different quotes, which would allow you to compare the different terms and conditions, interest rates and fees each one has on offer. Choosing the best one that suits your needs then becomes pretty straightforward.
So go ahead, explore the possibilities offered by obtaining a Home Equity Loan to take care of your money supply needs.
Happy hunting!
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Can you get a home owners loan if your not going to live in the house?We want to help our son and his wife get a house and they have bad credit so we wanted to get the loan and help them.
So if they are living in the house, what kind of a loan do we have to get to purchase the house?
You can certainly apply for another owner-occupied loan. The problem is the loan you just refinanced. That is also an owner occupied loan, and you won't be living there. You can't use an owner occupied loan for what will not be an investment property. If the lender discovers what you have done (yes, they will, since your address will change and so will the type of insurance you need), the loan will be called due and payable. You will then need to refinance the current loan as an investment loan.
In summation, you can't have two owner occupied loans while living in only one of the properties.
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No, for starters you can not buy from family. Secondly, all owners have to be first timers, and your brother obviously isn't.
Good luck finding a 50% mortgage. I have never heard of one.
With an O/O mortgage, you have to live there immediately, and for a period of 2 years.
In California, FHA Maximum Loan amount is up to about 360K. FHA Loans are 97% of the total value of the home so you would have to put 3% down.
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Everything depends on credit – and Lenders look at your middle credit score. First time home buyers programs are out there for you, and the interest rates are awsome…..The things to decide is how much you want to spend, what you can afford on a mortgage payment, income, your debit to income ratio.
When you check with a realitor & Mortgage Broker – make sure they understand the VA Process and are able to do VA loans.
VA Loan Information: Visit the home page of the VA. http://www.va.gov/
http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/
The VA has increased their loan limits! The maximum loan amount in most cases is $417,000. The VA also offers some advantages over conventional loans:
Other benefits of a VA Loan:
1. No Down Payment required at closing
2. Lower closing costs than conventional loans
3. No prepayment penalty if you pay off your VA loan early
4. No monthly Private Mortgage Insurance payment
5. The lender is willing to negotiate your interest rate
GOING TO THIS SITE, IS A MUST: http://www.homeloans.va.gov/veteran.htm
ON THE HOME LOAN: THERE ARE Pamphlets on the VA Home Loan Program
http://www.homeloans.va.gov/pamphlet.htm
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http://www.fha-home-loans.com/
http://www.freddiemac.com/
ALSO –
When you Decide to buy, decide on how much you want to spend, if you want to escrow the taxes and insurance. Say the taxes are 1200 a YR and insurance 800 a year (just an estimate, ok) That is 2,000 a year divided by 12 = 166.66 If you paid 1,000 a month now – (166.66) your P/I Principle and Interest would be 833.34. Now you decided on the price range you are looking into. If you have great credit, a 1 loan at 130,000 at a rate of 7 percent over a 30 year time would be 864.89 – This is just a estimate – ok –
It greatly depends if you need help with closing cost, (The seller could do Seller Help toward your closing cost). If that is the case, I normally tell my clients NOT to hackle over the price, since you are asking for closing cost help – especially if the home is thru a realitor, and the seller has to pay the realitor their fee which runs from 3-6 percent of the selling price, and you ask for 3-5 percent toward closing cost -assistance) Follow me so far??
Talk with a broker, a broker underwrites for many company's (I underwrite for 150 companies) so I only have to pull credit 1 time, and they look at my credit. A single lender (not a broker) has programs available, but they may not be able to help you and your situation, so you go elsewhere, and than that person pulls your credit (see what I mean.) If you shop, your credit is pulled and that is considered a soft pull, for a 30 day period. Just like shopping for a auto, it is good for 30 days. If you apply for a credit card, that is considered a "hard" pull and it drags down your credit score. When looking for a home, please do not apply for a credit card, Department Charge Card, Gasoline Card or make any major purchases, like a auto, etc. This will pull your credit down.
Try to find someone (broker) that will pull your credit one time, and submit your loan application to company's that will go off his credit report. By the way, a loan application is called a 1003, and they will issue you a GFE (Good Faith estimate, with-in 3 days, that is per the RESPA laws, and the TIL (Truth in Lending). The GFE will tell you the up-front closing cost associated with your loan. The TIL will tell you the terms, rate associated with your loan. This is a estimate only – not the final – but it does help you figure things out.
Good Luck, and if I can help in any way check out my web site, for links to all the credit reporting agency's and other useful information. This is not an advertisement – just helpful information for you…