Brian asked:


Is it possible to get a home equity loan or 2nd mortgage with a poor credit score. The one thing we have going for us is that our house is completely paid off. We have no credit cards and our vehicles are also paid off. The only debt we have are some medical bills that we are making payments on which is around $2500. My wife and I are both employed and make decent income of around $6000 monthly. We just have some things coming up to where we would like a loan for around $15,000. I think our credit score is around 590 . (We ran in to some difficulty when I lost my job and had a baby born with a disability and medical bills piled up). But with that much equity and such a low score would there be a loan company that would work with us? Would our local bank be able to help or should I check around on the net that specialize in bad credit loans? Any recommendations?
Thanks!
Thank you all so much for such great answers and some great explanations! Our original loan for our house was over 10 years ago so I don’t remember much about how all of that loan stuff works. We have never checked in to a equity loan so I know nothing about them except for some research on the net. I think I’ll start with my local bank and go from there. Thank you all!

Danity……I have no idea what you meant by your answer!
One more quick note. I was not working for quite some time due to a back injury that ended in surgery. I have now been back to work for a little over a year now though. My wife has been a teacher for 12 years. So, we had a 2 year span to where our credit went down the drain but the last year have been on time with what little debts we do have. I was also thinking it would be difficult to raise our credit score without having any credit out there. Maybe starting with a credit card and just using it for small purchases and paying off the balance each month would be one way. I was also thinking with the equity loan would really help rebuild our credit with timely payments. My son needs some extensive dental work and that is why we are wanting a equity loan to pay for that and other services he needs due to his disability.

Louis

Christen Scott asked:


Second Mortgage Home Loan is given on the basis of the equity of your home. First of all you must understand what is the equity of home? Equity is the value of your home minus the loans you owe. Hence, you get amount for this loan on the basis of the equity of your home. Most of the times, this loan is used to consolidate the debts of high interest rates like credit card other then this, this loan is used for home renovations, improving property, raising funds, starting a new business, or buying a new property etc.

Second Mortgage Home Loan should not be confused with mortgage refinancing because these are two different loans. Mortgage refinancing is the replacement of old loan for new one at new conditions like interest rate and duration etc. But second mortgage loan is the new loan other then the loan you already owe to the lender. You have to deposit an additional monthly installment for this loan. Therefore you must calculate before applying for this loan that whether your pocket allows or not.

There is no such rule that you have to borrow this loan from same lender rather you can get this loan at competitive rate with other lenders. Duration of this loan depends on the repayment term. If, you want to get rid of the loan early, then you must pay heavy monthly installments and small installments for long duration which may be 15 to 20 years. Interest rate for this loan may be higher than your first mortgage but it is lower than unsecured loans.



HARRY

Spring love asked:


We just got married and my credit score is 726 with $21,000 in debt, (mainly in car payments) My husbands score is 629 with $20,000 in debt (again in car payments and one credit card). Would it be easy for us to get a mortgage with these scores?

I know there are a lot of other details that factor in, we are just looking for suggestions! Thanks

JOHN