How Do You Remove Collateral From Home Loans?

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Home loan agreements are legally binding documents. Any amendments to these must be completed in writing, and cannot be carried out by email, or over the phone. If you do want to remove the collateral from your home loan, then you will need to check the terms of your agreement first, and then contact your loan provider first to ensure this action is possible.

A collateral loan is essentially a secured loan, and in return for the money you are borrowing from the lender you are signing over the rights to some of your personally property or assets. For home loans, you would normally sign over the value of the property you want to purchase. This explicitly implies that if you were to default on the loan, then the collateral lender would be legally entitled to sell the property and recover the loan amount in this way.

Reasons Why You Might Remove Collateral From Your Home

You may wish to remove the collateral on your home loan for a number of reasons, including a significant life change such a sudden inheritance, divorce, the death of a spouse and so on. You may also wish to reorganize your finances and remove the collateral from a home loan in order to release cash, and substitute property assets with those of equal worth such as bonds and shares. Any amendments to your home loan will be limited by the terms of your original agreement and the compliance of your provider.

In order to remove collateral from home loans you will need to apply in writing, and you can find useful forms such as copies of ‘Mortgage Amending Agreements’ online, or you can request the relevant forms directly from your provider. These amendment agreement forms will need to be signed by all of the people named on the original agreement and the mortgage lender, and may need to be witnessed by a neutral party (such as a lawyer).

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