Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Second Mortgages - Are they twice as much trouble ?

A second mortgage is the second loan that is secured against the home and second in importance to the first. This means that should the borrower not be able to pay off the loan in full and the bank or money lender repossessed the home to recoup their losses, the first loan would be paid off first and the money that was over would be used to pay off the other loan. The second loan has a higher interest rate than the first one to compensate the lender for the extra risk he has to take. The loan charges on the other hand will be less as there is already a loan registered on the borrower’s name. It is not difficult to qualify to borrow a second loan as the loan is secured against the home. It is always better to first shop around for money lending agencies and the bank View the rest of this article


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