After the housing crash in 2008, the best news now may be that home prices are increasing and that homeowners
again have equity in their homes, giving them the option of renovating or moving.
Not exact matches
Finally, keep this
in mind: If you start incurring consumer debt
again, you may not
have your
home equity to bail you out next time.
Now that
home values
have recovered
in much of the country,
home equity lines of credit, or HELOCs,
have become relevant
again.
Home - equity loans and lines of credit may be making a comeback as home values rise again, but homeowners with an existing line of credit from 2004 or 2005 or 2006 could be in for a surprise if they haven't looked at the terms of their loan in a few ye
Home -
equity loans and lines of credit may be making a comeback as
home values rise again, but homeowners with an existing line of credit from 2004 or 2005 or 2006 could be in for a surprise if they haven't looked at the terms of their loan in a few ye
home values rise
again, but homeowners with an existing line of credit from 2004 or 2005 or 2006 could be
in for a surprise if they haven't looked at the terms of their loan
in a few years.
So, people are taking advantage of their increased
equity,
in other words the value of their
homes have increased, and then borrowing it back
again at a very historically low interest rate.
The key here is to pay off debts, if you just get new cards or rack up the balances
again this can very quickly spiral and eat up the
equity you
have built
in your
home, so discipline is the key to success.
If you paid lender's mortgage insurance on your current loan, find out if you
have sufficient
equity in your
home to avoid paying LMI
again.
Again, if you
have enough
equity in your
home and don't want or need all the money at once, you might want to consider a personal line of credit secured by your
home.
In December 2011, the rule was changed yet
again; there
would no longer be any limit on negative
equity for mortgages up to 30 years — so even those owing more than 125 % of their
home value could refinance without PMI.