There are various types of homeowner loan products and these are such products as secured loans, mortgages and remortgages. As these are all secured on the asset of property, it is only homeowners who are eligible to apply.

A remortgage, as the prefix clearly states, is the redoing of something and in the case of a remortgage it is the rearranging of a current mortgage.

A remortgage is a new mortgage that replaces a current mortgage.

Remortgages and mortgages are based on the equity of a property , and equity is the difference between the value of a property and the mortgage balance. This means that if a property is worth 300,000 and the mortgage balance or the required remortgage is 150,000 the available equity is 150,000.

Before the credit crunch many mortgage and remortgage lenders were only too happy to grant their products at up to 100% LTV. While the Northern Rock had 125% remortgage and mortgage plans.

Many out there may think that the 125% mortgage is back with the announcement a few months ago by the Nationwide that they are advancing 125% mortgages. This is not available to other than existing Nationwide customers trapped in their current property by negative equity who need to buy another place to live.

If they owe more on their existing mortgage than the house is worth they can obtain a mortgage on their next property of 125%.

There are still a few building societies granting mortgages and remortgages at 90% and very very occasionally 95% LTV, which would mean that if a property is valued at 200,000 on a 90% plan the maximum mortgage or remortgage would be’0,000.

Equity is really king at present and the better the LTV is the cheaper the remortgage rate is.If a homeowner has a 40% deposit mortgages and remortgages are available at under 2% which is the lowest ever rate.

A very important change in the mortgage industry is the fact that true self certifications of income for self employed applicants has all but disappeared and Platform is only one of two remaining mortgage lenders who will even consider self declarations of income although even Platform reserves the right to ask for additional back up proof.

Before the recession many mortgage lenders accepted self certifications of income, and this is in fact caused much of the financial woes, as sub prime mortgages were advanced to those who in reality could never afford to make the repayments.

This were certainly vey lax before, but on the other hand they are perhaps a bit too strict now.

Learn more about rmortgages then vist Champion Finance’s site to ascertain the best choice of remortgage for your needs.

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