Guide to Refinance, Mortgage,
& Home Equity Loans in
Suffolk, Virginia (VA)

If you are looking for a home in Suffolk, the market is fairly stable with a reasonably good inventory of homes for sale. While you are shopping for a home, you will also be shopping for a home loan. If you are already a homeowner, you may be shopping for a refinance or a home equity loan. There are different types of loans to meet your individual needs.

Home Purchase Loans

If you are planning to purchase a home, you can choose from a fixed rate, variable rate, or hybrid loan.

Fixed rate loans are attractive right now because interest rates are low. With a fixed rate home loan, you pay the same interest rate for the life of the loan, and you make the same house payment. It is predictable and stable.

The disadvantage of a fixed rate loan is that if interest rates continue to fall, you could get locked into a loan with a higher interest rate than necessary. An Adjustable Rate Mortgage is the solution to that. The interest rate on an ARM varies with current lending rates, so if the interest rates continue to fall, so will the interest rate on your home mortgage.

The disadvantage of an ARM is that if interest rates rise instead of fall, you could, again, get stuck with a higher interest rate.

People often combine a fixed rate loan and an ARM to form a hybrid loan. In today’s market, most people have a low-interest fixed rate loan for the first term of the mortgage. The rate on this loan may be well below the market rate. At some point, the loan converts to an adjustable rate mortgage, and your interest rate and house payments increase and then adjust for the rest of the life of the loan.

Refinance Home Loans

People usually refinance for one of two reasons (or both): to cash out their equity or to get a better loan.

If, for instance, you took out a fixed rate home loan with a high interest rate you could refinance it either to another fixed rate with a lower interest rate, or to an ARM. By refinancing, you could save thousands of dollars on the cost of your home loan.

You can also cash out your equity with a refinance loan. You simply refinance your home for its full market value. You pay off the original loan, and the rest of the money is yours to do with whatever you want. You can usually deduct the interest on your income taxes too.

You can refinance with either a fixed rate or variable rate home loan.

Home Equity Loans

A home equity loan is also called a second mortgage. You use your equity in the home as collateral to borrow against. It is another way of liquidating your equity, but without refinancing your home. If you have a great first mortgage, you would probably benefit by taking out a home equity loan instead of refinancing.

You might also consider a home equity line of credit. Instead of cashing out your equity with a loan, you set up an account that you can draw against using your equity.

If you are looking for a home equity loan in Suffolk, VA, we can help you find a lender. Simply fill out the form at the bottom of this page, and one of our agents will contact you to discuss your home finance needs.

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