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Car loan or home equity loan?

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

We would like to purchase a used car. Are we better to get a car loan or approach our bank to see if we can get a home equity loan?

I think most car loans have a higher interest rate, however you pay it off quicker. Where as the home equity loan would be cheaper/lower monthly repayments but for many more years. Am just not sure which would be better for both the short and long term?!

Oh, and just in case anyone is a finance whizz and this makes a difference….the car purchase is mainy for business, and the property we’d get the equity loan on could either be our rental property or our place of residence (however we used the equity on the rental to help cover the mortgage of new place of residence at the start of this year). See why we are confused!?! lol

Your experience/advice appreciated. Thx!
We have a GOOD credit history.

Thank you to the genuine answers. I think its good advice to keep it seperate and will look into this.

To others – please do not use this as an opportunity to promote your credit businesses (or scams?). We always choose and prefer to use a reliable lender. This was NOT a question about where to get finance….just type of loan was better.

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Can a hospital debt that was paid years ago be removed from your credit report?

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

We had an emergency several years ago and my husband had to go to the hospital. We didn’t have the money to pay but arranged with them to pay in full once we got a home equity loan. We got the loan and paid it off, but it took a couple weeks longer than anticipated. We recently discovered the hospital had put it on our credit report and we’ve been told by the hospital collection agent (and he was very smug about it) that it will stay on for 10 years! What can we do? It’s the only black mark we have!

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How long do we have to wait to take out a 2nd mortgage?

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

We are wanting to do debt consolidation. We just made our first house payment. It was a Fannie Mae foreclosure which we purchased thru a loan with the USDA. We paid ,000 the house appraises for ,500. How long do we have to wait to get a 2nd mortgage and how much could we get? Any help would be great …thanks

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Is it possible to payoff your home mortgage with a home equity line of credit?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

My loan is for 30 years 75K. I was told that you can pay it off alot quicker with a line of credit. Has anyone on here done it and how?
I didn’t think it was possible or financially beneficial. I’ll stick to my 300 extra towards principle every month.

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Which is the best use of my money to reach financial goals (home purchase)?

Monday, September 14th, 2009

I recently got a small out-of-court settlement from a car accident I was in. I’ve decided to use the amount for one of the following: 1)pay off one credit card completely (25% interest!), 2) reduce the balance on another to approximately 20% of available credit (17% interest), 3) pay off the balance of a timeshare to build equity (18% interest over 6 remaining yrs), pay off my car so that I can have collateral for for a downpayment loan OR 5) put into a short-term CD (4% interest over 4 months).

My goal is to put myself in the best position to purchase my first home in approximately 4-6 months. I have saved approximately 3% of what I anticipate my home-price will be.

I have a fairly good credit rating (btwn 660 and 750 depending on the agency) and a 6-figure income, however I also carry a large amount of student debt (also 6-figures, at 3% interest over 24 remaining yrs) and some credit debt.

Which of the above options will give me the most "bang for my buck" so to speak?

Pay home equity line of credit or Fund 401K?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

We have been contributing to our 401k at the max. We have ,000 in home equity line of credit debt. Should I stop funding the 401K and pay down the debt? Or maybe go half and half?

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home equity loans without equity?

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Is it possible to get a home quity loan without having equity?

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Once equity line charged off can it be foreclosed?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

If i have an equity line that has been charged off, but the first line is current, can the lender that charged off the second still foreclose on the property? Or can they only collect for the amount owed?

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What happens with Home equity loans and lines of credit if you file bankruptcy?

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Would these debts be "forgiven" also and if so, does this affect your house which was used to achieve the loan?

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