Secured loans, mortgages and remortgages can actually be looked upon as cousins, as there is a very close connection between all three of these home loan products, and what connects them is that they are all forms of secured loans which require to be secured on the equity on a property.
For the uninitiated, equity is the difference between the value of a property and the balance of the mortgage secured on it.
An example of this is that if a property is worth say 300,000 and the mortgage on that particular property stands at 150,000 ,the equity which is the difference between these two figures would then be 150,000
In spite of the fact that they are similar by all being tied to equity they never the less have different aspects to them.
What a mortgage is is that it is a home loan that needs to be applied for when someone wants to buy a property to live in.
Very few would be home owners have enough money available to buy a property without first taking out a mortgage to become a homeowner.
Remortgages are the replacing of the mortgage already secured on a property with a new mortgage taken out with a different mortgage provider which can be for the same sum as the existing mortgage. This is known as a like for like remortgage.
Remortgages can be used for a vast variety of purposes such as to pay for large home improvements when paying cash can even enable the homeowner to obtain a bargain for a new kitchen for example. Weddings, holidays, cars, etc. can also be paid for with remortgage funds.
Arranging remortgages to obtain a better rate can save hundreds of pounds every month, as mortgage rates vary considerably from one mortgage lender to another, and when a remortgage raises extra funds for debt consolidation enormous savings can be made
Secured loans are homeowner loans secured on the property, which like remortgages can be used for almost any purpose, and although more expensive than remortgages, still have low rates of interest from about 9% at present. Like mortgages and remortgages, secured loans are registered at the Land Registry
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