Not exact matches
Your home equity — the value
of your home less any other debt registered
against the home — serves as
collateral for the
credit line.
Using your home itself as
collateral, this secured financing usually touts lower interest rates than
credit cards and acts as a revolving source
of funds, so that you can borrow
against your home and pay back the
credit line as many times as you'd like during the draw period.
A HELOC, in short, is a
line of credit (similar to a
credit card account) where the family home is used as
collateral to borrow money
against the house (the equity) in order to pay bills, do renovations, or take a vacation.
Home equity loans and
lines of credit mean putting up your house as
collateral against whatever you borrow, which means that if you fall into financial hardship, you could risk foreclosure.
The HSBC Home Equity
Line of Credit is secured with a registered
collateral mortgage charge
against your principal residence.
Footnote 2 How a HELOC works With a HELOC, you're borrowing
against the available equity in your home and the house is used as
collateral for the
line of credit.
A home equity
line of credit (HELOC), which lets you borrow
against available equity with your home as
collateral, can be a powerful financial tool for homeowners.
ICICI Bank Canada offers Secured
Line of Credit against your cash
collateral.
The HSBC Home Equity
Line of Credit is secured with a registered
collateral mortgage
against your principal residence.
With a home equity loan or home equity
line of credit, the borrower puts up the equity in his home as
collateral — essentially, this means borrowing
against the amount your home is worth minus your current mortgage balance.