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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Manufactured Home Loans and Mortgages

By Loanne Derch

These days more and more individuals are looking to purchase a mobile or manufactured home. Buying ready-made homes can save money and help you to avoid time-consuming construction. This is why many people are now buying mobile and manufactured homes even if they have no intention of utilizing the mobile features.

People say mobile homes lose value over time, therefore they say it wouldn't be wise to take out a mortgage or loan against a mobile home. What everyone really wants to know is if it's actually a decent idea to invest in a mobile home.

The answer to this question depends on how you get the home situated. It is a fact that mobile homes do depreciate over time that may reach a point where it will be impossible to take a loan, mortgage or home equity loan against a mobile or manufactured home. However, you have to remember that there are some manufactured or mobile homes that do appreciate in value over time.

These homes are almost always on fixed foundations. Manufactured homes not on fixed foundations are the ones that will depreciate. So you simply can situate your home on a fixed foundation to help appreciate its value.

That means after a few years of on time mortgage payments the equity in your home will increase.

You need to understand that the manufactured home equity is quite different from a regular home equity loan program. The equity on a mobile home is equal to the numerical difference between the value of the mortgage and the appraisal value of the home.

As you pay your mortgage on a regular basis, your equity will get larger. Equity is a great financial asset when it comes to getting loans in the future. Although you can normally get a loan for 85% of the equity in your mobile or manufactured home, sometimes you can go all the way and get 100%! That simply means that you have access to almost all of the equity in your mobile or manufactured home.

However, this too will depend on something. And, that something is your credit score. The better your credit score is the bigger funds you will get on your home's equity. Also, it will depend on the lending policy of the lender you choose.

If you have a mortgage and are going to take out a loan with your home itself as collateral it is best to go for a home equity loan. The forms are simpler and are faster to process than other loans so long as your mortgage payments are up to date and your credit score is good.

These are the things you have to remember when you plan on taking out a loan with your manufactured home as collateral.

It's absolutely critical that you get your manufactured home's value to appreciate. So by simply getting a fixed foundation for your manufactured home you can increase it's value, as well as the equity if you pay your mortgage on time. When you go to take out a home equity loan you will find it much quicker and easier to get funds equal to your manufactured home's equity.

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