The 1979 home I bought in 2000 has appreciated 400% in property tax assessment done by the city and real estate market in my area. I am getting a home equity loan to do energy star upgrades and repairs. But my insurance company will only cover my home for part of the cost of a new one and the loan is at a higher rate because it is considered a mobile home. There is a basement access door and stairwell option in my house not being used for that purpose because I there are no basements allowed in mobile home parks. If I have that feature option in my home does that make it a mobile home, manufactured home or a modular home? I know the house was put together in pieces but if it was just two pieces or more I do not know. It is 70ft x 30ft with garage attached later.
The width is 34 ft not 30 ft.
In Canada and especially my province, manufactured and mobile homes appreciate in value, due to huge economic growth and influx of trades people and new businesses immigrating from other countries and provinces.
The lot is leased. The value of my home is based on real estate appreciation.
Real estate values in my area already when down about 15%.
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Which one; mobile, manufactured or modular home?
Sunday, July 4th, 2010Any Zero down home loan out there?
Saturday, February 6th, 2010Thinking about selling but I will walk away with practically nothing. Any zero down or 3% FHA left ?
I am interested in opening a small business but my only equity is in my home, is it possible to get a loan?
Thursday, October 29th, 2009My credit is good and I do have quite a bit of money but it is all in my home. What are my options? I live in Canada.
Need help calculating home equity over time?
Sunday, September 13th, 2009Here in Canada we still have no down payment home loans. Lets say I get 5,000 at 5 year fixed at 5.8%, 25 year. How much of the home would I actually own after the 5 years? And how did you calculate it?
Ok got it. Thanks
can anyone answer this correctly?-equity loan math question?
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009Ramon owns a home that was appraised for 2,600. The balance remaining on his existing mortgage is ,260. 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 the maximum potential amount of credit that’s available to ramond for a home equity loan?
Morgage or HELOC?
Saturday, July 25th, 2009I have put just over 20% down on my first home, and my fiancee works at a bank. Therefore she is able to get an OPEN heloc at a rate of prime-0.5 (5.25% currently). The other option is to go with a variable rate mortgage. Now if I am getting the variable rate open mortgage at the same rate as the OPEN Heloc; wouldn’t the HELOC enable me to pay down my home a lot faster?? My plan is to use the HELOC as my operating account with all payroll deposits (both mine and my fiancee’s) being automatically deposited, and expenses drawn out over the month as incurred (insurance, car payments etc). Since interest is calculated daily, my average balance whereby interest is calculated on will be a lot less. So is there ANY advantage for me to get a traditional mortgage vs the HELOC (assuming the same rate).
Note: Compounding is not an issue here as the semi-annual vs monthly compounding (heloc) is only a difference of 0.06%.
Thank you!!!
Want to pay off house as fast as possible!
- I am located in Canada so mortgage interest is NOT tax deductible
- My income over expenses each month is sufficiently high. I plan to use the HELOC as an operating account TO REDUCE the outstanding balance as much as possible. ALL MY INCOME over expenditures will be working to reduce the principal outstanding, since my entire income will be put into there.
My objective is to pay off the house within 10 – 12 years.
Note: I expect my income to increase significantly over the next 5 years.
I need some real estate advice. Can you help answer this?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009WE live in Canada in a rather large country home on 3 acres about 20 mins from the core of the city. Our upstairs is totally unfinished, no insulation, just a big wide open space – about 1500 sq ft. We would like to finish one half side and rent it out as a 1 or 2 bedroom apt but we have no money.
My husband and I are not greedy people so making money off our renters is not a priority. We just would like to finish part of it and get our heat under control for our family downstairs.
I have tried to think of every possible creative idea. WE have no extra money and there’s little equity in our home.
Is there anyone out there have any really crazy or creative ideas how we could make this happen. We’re open to anything. Family is not possible – they have no money either.
Should I repay my fixed HELOC with the Variable HELOC?
Saturday, July 11th, 2009I have a ,000 HELOC out of which ,000 is fixed on an 8%. I repay this loan with about 0 per month that are deducted from my bank account. The current Variable rate stands on %4.25. Should I use the remaining ,000 that are available to me at a current rate of 4.25% and repay some of the fixed amount at 8% ?
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