Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Secured Loans Equity Margins Slacken Off.

By Pamela Pollock

Remortgages and secured loans are both form of loans secured on the equity available on a residential property, and in spite of the fact that they have many things in common it is the secured loan we are considering here.

For those unfamiliar with the word equity, what equity is is what is left when the amount outstanding in a mortgage. This means that if the mortgage balance on any particular house or apartment is-0,000, and the worth of the property is 100,000, the equity is 30,000.

Up until 2007, when then the UK recession commenced many secured loan lenders such as Paragon Personal Finance, EPF, Future Mortgages, EPF, First Plus, etc. etc. all were only too happy to advance secured loans at 90% to anything up to 95%, and this applied to all secured loan lenders.

There were even 100% LTV secured loans available to self employed people and they could even declare their own income on bill head with out any back up proof of their actual earnings. This loan was available up to a secured loan sum of 75,000.

Perhaps these secured loans were too readily available when we think about it now, but although it all does seem rather reckless these self employed secured loan applicants were good business for the secured loan brokers as well as the lenders, and in general they did not default in payment.

Nowadays self declarations have all but ceased and back up proof in the form of an accountant's letter or even full accounts are now required, leading to many would be secured loan applicants being refused the secured loan they seek and which they can comfortably afford to pay back.

It is equally frustrating for the many decent reputable secured loan brokers to be so frequently unable to obtain a secured loan for a customer which in the past would have been an application welcomed by the secured loan lenders as the main stay of their business.

With Black Horse, the secured loan lender increasing their LTV for secured loans from 70% to 80% some hope of a resurrection is spreading in the secured loans sector.

With the further announcement this week that the secured loan lender from Cardiff, announcing an increase in their LTV from 70% to 80% it is to be hoped that the secured loan industry will experience a much needed revival.

Let us hope that 2010 will be the best year for secured loans for some time. - 30462

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