Friday, July 20, 2007

Second Mortgage Loan

The second mortgage loan is a fixed rate subordinate loan of the first mortgage. The first mortgage must be paid off first before the Second Mortgage. The lenders usually lend up to seventy five percent to ninety five percent of the home equity. The home equity is the difference between current value and amount owe.
Most of the time, the homeowners use the second mortgage loan to pay for debt consolidation, home improvement, college education, or other expenses. And, homeowners pay both the mortgage at the same time. Since the second mortgage is higher risk than first mortgage, the lenders take extra measure to analyze the risk. Understandably, the second mortgage has higher interest rate than the first mortgage. Even though the homeowner pays higher interest rate View the rest of this article


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