Secured Loans Explained

Guaranteed loans

When you want to lend a particularly large amount of cash, the savings and loan association or credit institution (or other creditor) from which you want to lend may ask you to secure it against an item of property that you own. To learn more about secured loans, include the type of collateral you can use and the pros and cons of using secured loans, please refer to this brief manual.

Which is a secured credit? An secured home loans is, quite easily, a home loans that you can borrow with a certain amount of assets from you as collateral. That means that until repayment of the credit (plus interest), the lender from whom you borrow the funds will retain title to the relevant assets.

In general, if you want to lend more than £25,000 you will need to raise a fortune as collateral. Amount you lend is mainly based on the value of the assets or, more precisely, the value of your own capital (i.e. the share you actually own) of the assets.

Matters such as the interest rates you are paying and the length of the repayment period vary depending on your individual finances and creditworthiness, as does the value of the loans themselves to some degree. For what can I protect my loans? In most cases, you need to securitize your home loans against your home, so secured loans are generally known as homeowners loans.

Notice that a Homeowners Lending is different from a Hypothec, while the latter is still a type of Lending that is secured against a home. If you already have a mortgages on your land, you can take out a Homeowners Lending by using the capital you own as collateral. The typical limit you can lend with a secured or homeowners home loans is around £125,000.

When you need more than that and you own your home entirely, then you are better off taking out a mortgage or, if you already have a mortgages but have a considerable amount of capital that you want to free up, you may want to consider re-mortgaging. To learn more about mortgages and loans, visit our section on loan guide.

They can also take out loans that are secured against your automobile. It is known as a log book credit, since you have to transfer the log book to the lender for the period of the credit. While the value of the credit is based on the value of the automobile, how closely the value of the automobile you can rent varies.

In general, logs are both costly and quite risk averse, and so you should seriously consider other alternatives before taking one. If you are in arrears with any payment, the major problem and most evident problem with secured loans is the chance of loosing the assets against which you have secured the loans.

Like with any type of loans, you should always look out for all the fine printing to make sure that you get a good bargain in regards to interest rates. However, you should always keep an eye on the fine printing to make sure that you get a good bargain in regards to interest rates. Your interest rate is the most important thing to keep in mind when making a mortgage decision. Usually, a secured credit is better in relation to the duration of the repayment period and of course the amount you can lend out than an uncollateralized one.

If, however, the risk of loosing your home is not something you want to face, then taking out a smaller uncovered home buyer credit might be a better choice. In addition, uncollateralised loans often come with lower interest charges, especially if you borrow smaller sums. You can find more information on uncollateralised loans in our guidelines on this subject or in our guidelines on credit categories.