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Second mortgage loan products offer a convenient way to take equity out of a property or provide financing in a purchase, refinance, or debt consolidation.   For difficult to verify income, stated income second mortgage loan products are available. Interest only second mortgage loan products will lower your payment. Second mortgage loan products carry a fixed interest rate and amortization periods range from 5 to 20 years with a new second mortgage loan product amortized over 30 years with a balloon due in 15 years. The longer amortization period lowers your monthly second mortgage loan payment significantly. In a purchase transaction, a second mortgage loan is used in combination with a first mortgage to avoid paying PMI. Frequently described as an 80/10/10 or 80/15/5 the first mortgage is set at 80% of your purchase price/value. Add a second mortgage loan of 10 or 15% of the purchase price and you supply 5 or 10% cash. Advantages of this second mortgage loan approach include:

• Your entire mortgage payment is tax deductible

• You may pay off your second mortgage loan early reducing your total payment.

However, there are some potential problems with the strategy.

• Your second mortgage loan may include a prepayment penalty - our programs do not

• Depending on the rate on your second mortgage loan your total payment may actually be more. Send me an email with your anticipated sales price and I will be happy to run Good Faith Estimates comparing both approaches for you.

Second Mortgage Loan Debt Ratios

Debt ratios are determined by dividing your total monthly debt by your monthly pretax income. Our programs will allow up to a 45% total debt ratio. If you are refinancing, one effective strategy to get your ratio down is to pay off debt at closing. Debt paid at closing is not counted in the ratio calculation.

Second mortgage loan products can be arranged for up to 125% of the value (including your first mortgage) of the property. Interest rates generally increase any time your combined loan to value (CLTV) exceeds 90%. However, high CLTV rates are generally lower than other consumer or credit card rates and the longer amortization schedule can significantly reduce your monthly payment. I have had clients cut their monthly payments in half using their home equity instead of paying high credit card payments. This approach is referred to as a debt consolidation second mortgage loan. 

Learn more about second mortgage loan closing costs

Please feel free to email with any questions about a second mortgage loan

We have a page on how to calculate your second mortgage qualification ratios.

We have a page on second mortgage loan documentation requirements.

We offer you the ability to qualify and close into several unique programs which accommodate borrowers with non traditional income or asset situations. 

* I have included a section on the new Cash Flow ARMS. A LIBOR based product which gives you complete flexibility in managing your mortgage.

Prequalify for your Second Mortgage Loan