Thursday, 5 May 2011

Why Homeowner Loans And Remortgages Are A Good Choice.

By Isla Blair


Matters were very bad in the secured loans sector since the recession began, with these home loans dropping to less than 80% of their former self. Remortgages also declined although not as badly

Secured loans were at one time very much the loan of choice with homeowners, and there were various reasons that contributed to their popularity.

One of the most important factors behind the popularity of secured loans was because unsecured loans always have higher rates of interest and as well as that they are less easy to get.

A main adverse aspect with unsecured loans is that the biggest loan available is pretty small for these days and is 15,000 at the most and this is due to the completely unsecured fashion of these loans.

Another reason for the popularity of secured loans and of course remortgages is the fact that they have very flexible repayment periods of up to twenty five years, meaning that most people can afford them.

Secured loans had low interest rates and often the rate could be as good or better than remortgages that is before the recession but not these days when remortgage rates are better.

Prior to the commencement of the recession, secured loans were available from as low a rate a 5.9%, but this was not across the board as this rate depended on various matters including the credit profile of the borrower, whether the applicant was employed or self employed and so on.

Secured loans and remortgages having such a variety of uses helped make them popular, as they could be used for just about anything. They were the only loans that homeowners would need.

As these loans could do or buy almost anything they could remove the need for homeowners to arrange any other sort of loan, as secured loans could pay for school fees, major home improvements, etc

A very common use for secured loans and remortgages was for debt consolidation that rolled all the other personal loans, credit card debts, etc. into one single cheaper repayment every month.

These homeowner loans are even now all purpose loans and they still have long repayment periods, but the slight bad point right now is the tight under writing that has improved.




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