For
the homeowner in search of a home equity line of credit the availability of
interest-only home equity credit lines has drawn the interest of many who seek
to benefit from the value of their homes. The name itself sounds too good to be
true. A look at the details could cause the homeowner to think twice before
seeking an interest-only home equity line of credit. Or those same details
might spur the homeowner to contemplate yet another home equity line of credit.
Banks
tend to offer the homeowner more than one-way to obtain an interest only home
equity line of credit. One bank for example has advertised the existence of one
plan whereby the homeowner gives payments that cover the Prime plus 5% for five
years. Then in the next ten years, the homeowner pays a floating interest rate,
a rate that is determined by the Prime rate.
Yet
that same bank also offers an alternate way for obtaining an interest only home
equity line of credit. Under this alternate procedure the homeowner pays 5.75%
APR for one year. Then after that first year the homeowner faces an increase of
¼ % each year until the rate is 6.75% APR. In the sixth year of this
particular line of credit the homeowner pays 6.65% every month until the credit
line has been paid off.
The
homeowner should also consider some of the other approaches to the offering of
a home equity line of credit. For example, some banks will offer a draw period
at the start of the period of the credit line. During this draw period, the
homeowner can withdraw funds for making advances, for repaying advances or for
advancing the line of credit. The draw period is followed by a period of
repayment.
Each
type of home equity line of credit offers the homeowner a way to reap added benefits
from the existing credit line. For example, the homeowner could choose to
increase the insurance deductibles, knowing that a line of credit had been made
available. The higher deductibles would guarantee a decrease in the premium
payments on the insurance policy.
A
home equity line of credit could also be used to buy discount credit cards at a
store of the homeowner’s choosing. In addition, the possession of a home equity
line of credit gives the homeowner the ability to make purchases with a Rewards
credit card and to then pay the card payment with the check obtained through
the credit line.
Once
the homeowner has negotiated all of the intricacies of a home equity line of
credit then that homeowner is ready to use multiple economic tactics in order
to make more money from what he has available. He will be ready to prove the
old saying: You have to have money to make money.
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