UK Secured Loan

If you own your own property, you are known as a Homeowner, you can get a secured loan and you can use the equity in your home for security against a loan.

You can borrow money at a better interest rate if you use your home as security. In other words should you be unable to make your loan repayments, the lender has security collateral in your home, this means that continuous failure to pay back the loan repayments could result in the lender legally taking possession of your house, they would then re-sell in in order to recoup the debt they are owed. When you get a secured loan, you will be asked to sign a security agreement, this gives the lender the right to seize the property or assets that you have stated as collateral.

There are many examples of secured loans: car loan, boat loan, home improvement loan, debt consolidation loan in fact a secured loan can be used for virtually any purpose.
A Secured Loan will usually mean that you get better interest rates on the loan, but you should always remember that your house is at risk if you fail to make the repayments on time.

The amount you can borrow with a secured loan depends on the amount of equity in your property. Equity is the market value of your property minus any outstanding mortgage or loans you have on it.
Secured loans are made more accessible to people with poor credit ratings becuse they offer more security to the lender.