Monday, December 28, 2009

Bad Credit Loans Secured Loans Are Still Out There Does Any


By Liz Moir

Secured loans are loans that are guaranteed by an asset. Although there are commercial secured loans, secured car loans, etc. it is the homeowner secured loan that we are thinking about today.

A secured homeowner loan is secured on the equity of a primary residence, or for the lucky ones, a second or holiday home Those who only rent their home either from a private individual, a local council or a housing association cannot obtain a secured loan, and would only be eligible for an unsecured loan which is a very scarce commodity in these hard pressed times. The availability of unsecured loans is at the moment very limited even to those who do own their own homes.

A secured loan is an excellent way for a homeowner to borrow for almost any purpose whether the purpose is vehicle purchase, home improvements of all kinds such as to build a conservatory, a garage a new kitchen, etc. You can even go on a luxury holiday anywhere in the world with your secured loan funds. For those thinking about getting married you can arrange your dream wedding and pay for it with your secured loan.

To obtain a secured loan you must have enough equity on your property and equity is what is left when you deduct the mortgage balance from the value of the property. If a homeowners property is worth 250,000 and he has a mortgage balance of 160000 the available equity is 100000.

So saying it is not possible since the advent of the recession to borrow up to 100% of the value of the property as it was until 2007. Then there was even the 125% equity plan where by it was possible to borrow up to 25% above the value of the property.

Now the maximum equity that any secured loan lender takes into account is 70% for a self employed secured loan borrower, and 80% if the prospective secured loan applicant is employed. Therefore based on the previous example an employed person could obtain a secured loan of 40,000 maximum, while the maximum available secured loan for a self employed applicant would only be 15,000.

Even in the current credit crunch it is still possible to obtain a secured loan even if your credit rating is bad. However the underwriting criteria has tightened up enormously over the course of the past two years. Until a couple of years ago bad credit secured loans were available to even those with the worse possible credit files at 75% LTV.

Prior to the credit crunch homeowners facing the repossession of their home could even be saved from this fate at the very last moment by obtaining a secured loan to save the day.Repossession is a terrible thing and sometimes it can happen due to the homeowner having suffered from ill health or redundancy.

In the current economic climate bad credit loans are still available with an equity restriction of a maximum 60%. Two secured loan lenders one of which is First European Securities still grant bad credit loans to homeowners with unlimited adverse at 50% loan to value.

If a homeowner has extremely bad credit the biggest secured loan that these two bad credit secured loan lenders advance is 25,0000 or there abouts. 50% LTV is very tight but if a homeowner has sufficient equity a bad credit secured loan at even 25,000 could help him out.

Underwriting has tightened up in the secured loan market, especially when we are considering bad credit loans.However bad credit secured loans are still available.

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