What is a Home Loan?

Written by John Mussi


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With home loans you can borrow from £5,000 to £75,000. Loans secured on property can be repaid over a period of between 5 years and 25 years.

Being a homeowner affords you better status inrepparttar eyes of lenders. You can even qualify for a home loan when other money lenders have refused, for example because of County Court Judgements, Arrears, Defaults, Self-employed Status.

All home loans are secured on your property. This enables loan secured to be cheap and flexible to suit your needs – as all ideal loans should be! Unlockrepparttar 143466 value tied up in your property with a home loan.

A home loan can be used for any purpose such as; home improvements like a new kitchen or bathroom, luxury holiday, a dream car or repaying credit card or other debts to reduce your monthly outgoings to a more manageable amount.

Home loan rates are variable, depending on status. Monthly repayments will depend onrepparttar 143467 amount borrowed and term.

You may freely reprint this article providedrepparttar 143468 author's biography remains intact:

John Mussi is the founder of Direct Online Loans who help UK homeowners find the best available loans via the www.directonlineloans.co.uk website.


All about secured homeowners loans

Written by Peter Parsons


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Discounted rates are offered by banks and lenders to pull in new customers, although existing customers can sometimes benefit from them too. A discounted rate is a special rate set a certain number of points belowrepparttar standard rate. As a variable rate loan,repparttar 143465 amount you pay will vary of course as interest rates rise and fall, even though you will always be a certain level belowrepparttar 143466 market rate. Some discounted homeowner loans have 'clawback' conditions - if you repayrepparttar 143467 loan early there may be penalties. A 'cashback' loan is exactly how it sounds - on completion ofrepparttar 143468 loan process, you get 'cash back' to spend how you like. The rates charged on homeowner loans of this type tend to berepparttar 143469 least attractive.

A capped loan is a variable rate loan that also promisesrepparttar 143470 rate will not ever go above a certain level of 'cap'. These can be good for you if you want to take advantage of any interest rate falls, yet not expose yourself torepparttar 143471 downside of unexpected interest rate rises, which make them less attractive, at least to staff at www.mortgagedown.com ! Once again, these loans tend to have early redemption penalties or other conditions that compensaterepparttar 143472 lender forrepparttar 143473 generous conditions.

The amount they will lend you will depend on your circumstances, as well asrepparttar 143474 property that will be used to securerepparttar 143475 loan. Your income tends to be less important, asrepparttar 143476 lender has 'secured'repparttar 143477 debt against your home, and will assume that you would not take out a loan you couldn't service, as your home would then be at risk. To apply, you will need paperwork such as bank statements, proof of residence, recent bills and tax returns to get your homeowner secured loan.

So what can you spend it on? Generally anything you like. A new car, home improvements, consolidating credit card bills or even a fancy holiday. Onlyrepparttar 143478 least prudent, of course, would attempt to pay for a 2 week vacation with a 25 year loan!

Peter Parsons writes occasionally for www.mortgagedown.com , the place to get advice your mortgage and home owner loans


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