southernserendipiti asked:


I’m looking to buy my first house, and I want to seem reasonably intelligent before I sit down with a mortgage broker. If I am interested in purchasing a home in need of a few, minor repairs, can the cost of repairs be included in the home loan? Or, say: for aesthtic purposes, the lawn needs to be sodded…let’s say…to prevent erosion, etcetera. Can that be included in the loan? Or, do both of those instances fall under the category of home equity loans? Ahhh - here’s an additional question: Just for curiosity’s sake, how long must you own a home before you qualify for a home equity loan?

HERSHEL

Kae B asked:


I am interested in doing some updates to my home totaling about $50K (windows, bath, kitchen and small interior remodel). I haven’t really priced things out so this might be an inflated estimate, but I’m sure it’s in the range.

Given that I don’t have anything near that in the bank, I wondered about a home equity loan. I’ve owned my home for nearly five years and in that time the value has increased quite a bit. i love my neighborhood and the value is only on the rise.

Anyone know when the time is ripe to take a home equity loan ? How much equity should you have in your house? And will the new loan wrap up into your mortgage or be a completely separate payment?

HARLAN

animalhappy asked:


Ramon’s credit union is willing to loan an amount up to 70% of the appraised value of a home. Based on this information what is themaxium potential amoung of credit that’s available to Ramon for a home equity loan

PRESTON

Amanda B asked:


My husband I are looking to borrow about $35 thousand dollars out of the equity of our home to help finance our son’s college and to do some small renovations. We bought our house ten years ago for $170 thousand. It was recently appraised at $320 thousand and we have payed our mortgage down to $130 thousand. We are wondering if it makes more sense to refinance and pull $35 thousand out or if it makes more sense to take out a home equity loan. We are looking for the option that raise our monthly mortgage payment (or loan payment) the least.

ELIAS

knucklenuck asked:


We built a home to sell or rent and own it outright. We’d like to tap into some of the equity on the home but Countrywide (where we have the mortgage on our main home) has said that the new regulations don’t allow an equity loan on a home listed in the MLS. They said the home would have to be off the MLS for 6 months before we could qualify. If we had listed it ourselves there would have been no problem. I’m wondering if this is true with all lenders or if it’s a Countrywide policy.

MARTIN

Steve M asked:


Hi, I bought my house in 2006 for $450k with no down. Interest rate for the first loan (80%) is 6.5% and I got the 2nd loan with 9.5%. Now the estimated home value is ~$400k. I know the interest rates these days are less than 5.5%. Can I get a refinance?

CARLTON

Rolleen asked:


My daughter and son-in-law and two small children moved to the US from Italy and have been living with my husband and me for the past 7 months. They want to buy a house, have $75,000 in cash to put down and I recently took out a second mortgage (fixed 15 year 6% home equity loan) for $160,000 to loan to them interest free so they can buy a house with cash for $235,000. But my husband and others are telling me it may get complicated with the IRS, etc.

We planned to have papers drawn up, like a promissory note, saying that they would make the monthly payments on the $160,000 loan that is under my name. And if they should die or move before the loan is paid off, the money from the sale of the house would go to pay off the $160,000 loan. Do I need to charge interest for them? They are actually going to be paying off the loan that is under my name and already has 6% interest being paid. Is the fact that it is over $100,000 going to be a problem with the IRS and interest-free loan’s to family? It’s not a gift because they are paying it off.

It’s all very confusing and I don’t want to get stuck with a big gift tax or imaginary interest tax or worse yet, get in trouble. Do I need a lawyer or can we just get a Quicken Lawyer software Promissory note and be okay? I trust my daughter and son-in-law to pay this loan that’s in my name. It’s just been hard for them to get a loan right now because of the requirements for 2 years residency, 2 years at one job and 2 years credit in US. Price of houses are down and I want them to be able to buy one now.

TYRONE

CS asked:


I have about 30K in equity. Like to do some home improvements. Current mortgage each month is 1200.00. How does the loan work in conjunction with the monthly payment? Is it seperate, bundled into the payment, etc? Is there a term to pay off the loan or is it part of my 30 year fixed? Overall would like to know how much more I will be paying over my 1200.00 for the loan each month with current assumptions. Fees to get the loan started? Thank you!!
It’s pitiful that I’m asking a question and I have people preying on my question with these fairy tale lenders. Give me a break people- did honesty and ethics fly out the window here? Have some humanity

TRENTON

Jared K asked:


i own a house i paid 20000 cash for it and dont have a mortgage and i think its worth 25000 now. can i borrow the equity to purchase another 20000 house? my credit is only 550 so i dont think i can get a mortgage and my monthly income is only about a 1000 per month. any ideas i want to buy the house and rent it out. thanks

RANDY

montejay asked:


can I get a mortgage on an already paid for house, or would I refinance although I did not have an original mortgage.

REUBEN