If you do not have a specific need for
the entire equity of your home, a HELOC is your better option.
Not exact matches
If your
Home Equity Line has a longer term than the bills you are consolidating, you may not realize savings over the
entire terms
of your
Home Equity Line.
In theory, at least, this can be a win - win - win solution to the problem
of underwater
homes: Homeowners instantly reduce their monthly payments and begin building positive
equity in their
homes; mortgage lenders benefit because above - water homeowners are far less likely to default and the foreclosure process is very expensive for banks; and the process helps speed recovery for the
entire economy.
Payment options — Most often, a
home equity loan will have fixed payments for the
entire term
of the loan while a line
of credit offers flexible payment options based on the current balance
of the loan during the draw period.
FYI: You will only pay the PMI until you have 20 %
equity in the
home, not for the
entire life
of the loan.
A HELOC differs from a conventional
home equity loan in that the borrower is not advanced the
entire sum up front, but uses a line
of credit to borrow sums that total no more than the credit limit, similar to a credit card.
In 10 more years, even if the value
of their
home didn't increase at all over the
entire 30 years
of their mortgage (not even keeping pace with inflation — an unlikely scenario), they would at worst have a virtually free place to live and $ 250,000 in
equity.
Also, if you sell your
home, the
entire amount
of your fixed rate
home equity loan becomes due.
With
home refinance loans, your
home equity plays the same role your down payment did when you took out the original mortgage — it represents the portion
of the
home's value that is paid for up front, so the lender isn't covering the
entire value
of the
home.
Home Equity Line
of Credit customers have the option to pay your
entire closing costs and receive a 0.50 % rate reduction.
If you have a
home equity loan, payments must be made with interest, on the
entire amount
of the loan.
With a
home equity installment loan, both the interest rate and the monthly payments are fixed for the
entire term
of the loan.
Home equity lines always have a right
of rescission period, unless the
entire line amount is used to fund a purchase transaction.
Our loans allow you to take the
entire lump - sum up front, or borrow the funds as you need it with a
home equity line
of credit.
In a
home equity loan you make the same payment each month, and by the end
of the term
of the loan you have paid off the
entire balance.
Unlike a
home equity loan, a HELOC functions much like a credit card with a minimum payment each month — or more, if you want to pay down the principal on the debt — with interest expense for the amount you've borrowed, not on the
entire amount
of the credit line.
Since a
home equity line may have a longer term than some
of the bills you may be consolidating, you may not realize a savings over the
entire term
of your new line.
And in an environment
of declining prices, the inflation resulting from automated lending poses a risk not just to individual homeowners — who could see the value
of their
equity severely eroded or even erased — but to the
entire banking system, which now has to contend with the possibility that their mortgage loans are backed by
homes that aren't worth what they thought.