Home Equity Loans May Come Back to Haunt Borrowers & Banks
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Fellow GDREIA Members
Home Equity Loans May Come Back to
Haunt Borrowers & Banks
BY BRAD BECKETT ON
Last week we posted about the 3.3 million HELOC’s that were schedule to reset over the next few years. Now we’re starting to see some of the data come in about those lines of credit. According to a recent article on Realtor.com (which was also in the WSJ) the bill is coming due for many of those homeowners with payments increasing by hundreds of dollars per month due to these resets. Interestingly, some banks have started taking additional steps to lessen risk by no longer permitting interest-only payments on new HELOC’s.
Click here to read “Home Equity Loans Come Back to Haunt Borrowers, Banks” on Realtor.com