Some buyers choose to make the down payment by taking out a second loan,
called a piggyback loan.
It's
called a piggyback loan.
Whether your lender
calls them piggyback loans or piggyback mortgages, these home equity loans or credit lines enable borrowers with low down payments to borrow more money.
Not exact matches
With an 80-10-10
loan, the primary mortgage covers 80 percent of the
loan value; a second mortgage, often
called a
piggyback, covers 10 percent; and the other 10 percent is the down payment.
One alternative is to use a different kind of
loan called a «
piggyback» or «80/10/10»
loan, which is basically a second
loan in addition to your primary mortgage.
As home values start to pick up again, so do the number of
piggyback loans, also
called second mortgages.
Piggyback loans can also be used to avoid getting a jumbo
loan - typically $ 417,000 and also
called a conforming
loan limit.
It's
called a «
piggyback»
loan because you close on that
loan at the exact time when you make the purchase.