Estimates the value of the property you plan on purchasing or refinancing so that the lender is satisfied you are not overpaying and ensures that the lender has
enough collateral for the loan.
This is mainly to protect the lender from loaning money on a property that doesn't provide
enough collateral for its loan.
Not exact matches
You want to leave
enough for your beneficiaries to continue paying off your
loans, especially if those
loans are secured by
collateral your dependents need to continue using.
Secondly, lenders reduced their risk exposure because the rising market provided equity to the homeowners, which was
enough collateral to refinance the
loan to a lower payment option (or new teaser rate) to avoid foreclosure, or at the very least, sell the property
for a small profit.
You want to leave
enough for your beneficiaries to continue paying off your
loans, especially if those
loans are secured by
collateral your dependents need to continue using.
A hard money rehab
loan can be one of the easiest to get approval
for, simply because it presumes you already own or have high
enough equity in the underlying property (instant
collateral).
Hard money lenders are more able (and willing) to make these
loans because, unlike banks and other institutional lenders, they use asset - secured underwriting with the real estate serving as the sole
collateral for each
loan, and they are able to charge
enough interest in order to cover the high risks involved in underwriting such
loans.
The appraisal helps the lender determine whether the home is valuable
enough to act as
collateral for the mortgage
loan.