Ways to Make it Easier to Get Your Second Home Mortgage
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If you are thinking of buying a second home now, the obvious place to buy it is in the UK. With the pound falling steadily against the euro, second homes on the continent have become vastly more expensive. And with airlines being hit by the spiralling cost of fuel, having your second home in the UK makes even more sense.
What’s more, with house prices falling, this is a really good time to go for your second home. The only snag is that mortgages are harder to get. So how are you going to finance your second home?
Well, there are ways to make it easier to get your second home mortgage.
? A second home mortgage is a mortgage on a property that is not your main residence. The lender will look at all your outgoings, and will look at any debts secured on your main residence, before deciding whether to grant the mortgage. If you have no mortgage on your main residence it will make it easier to get the second home mortgage – you have a lot more security to offer.
? Even in these days of credit crunch there are still a good supply of mortgages available for those who can put down a sizeable deposit – i.e. who are looking for a low loan-to-value ratio mortgage. If you can release equity from your main home to provide a substantial deposit on your second home, you shouldn’t have a problem getting your second home mortgage.
? If you plan to let out the house as a business and not to live in it yourself, you will have to apply for a different type of mortgage – a buy to let mortgage or a holiday let mortgage. However, even if you do want to use it yourself, you may still want to let it out sometimes to help with the finances. If you do, you must ensure that this is permissible under the terms of the mortgage. But it does make sense, both to prevent it from standing empty for too long and to help you afford your second home mortgage. (Remember that tax is payable on rental income, at your normal tax rate, but the interest element of your second home mortgage repayment is deductible for tax purposes.)
? It will be easier to afford your second home mortgage if you go for an interest-only rather than a repayment mortgage. However you do need to have a clear plan for repaying the capital at the end of the mortgage term. These days you can’t rely on the house having appreciated in value, so you can’t count on selling it at a profit. Of course, if the idea is eventually to use it as your retirement home, you should be able to repay it through the sale of your main house.
There is no denying that mortgages of most kinds are harder to obtain at the moment. However, you can still obtain a second home mortgage provided the lender is satisfied there is minimum risk. The more you can demonstrate your ability to afford it, the easier you should find it to obtain a loan.
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Why is home mortgage loan considered a tax benefit ?I am planning to buy a home and wanted to know why everyone thinks that home mortgage loan is tax beneficial.
Example:-
If we are paying around $15,000 a year in interest+property taxes and in tax refund( 15% tax bracket) we get back around $2K-3K and we are happy.
Its like paying government $100 and getting back $15 and we are happy with that.
Correct me if I am wrong
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Sean Horton is a Director of Enhanced Wealth who offer second home mortgages
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your best answer would be to contact either the IRS directly or a tax preparer in your area. Tax issues are not something you want to get an unauthorized opinion on.
Did you insist on those terms being included in the contract? No? Then they're not binding — either the benefits of that particular bank, or the bank's ability or lack thereof, to sell the mortgage.
If you want to be sure of certain terms, require it to be in the contract. But don't be surprised if the bank refuses; selling mortgages is a very normal part of business for banks, and they may not be able to make exceptions to their normal process.
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Great video!
You're partially wrong.
If you pay $15,000 a year in interest and property taxes AND you are in the 15% tax bracket, you get to reduce that $15k from your income. This means you will pay $2,250 less in federal income taxes. So in other words, you are paying $15k to save $2k. It's not good business sense, but it's better than not saving anything…but that's not the entire story…it gets worse.
You only get to deduct the $15k IF AND ONLY IF you itemize your deductions (instead of taking the standard deduction). If you are married, your standard deduction is $11,400 ($5,700 if you are single).
Since you are paying $15k in interest/taxes, you get to deduct an extra $3,600 than you otherwise would have been entitled to anyway. Therefore, your net tax benefit really isn't $2,250. It's only $540 (15% of $3,600).
But wait…it gets worse…
You are only paying $15k in interest/property taxes the FIRST YEAR of the mortgage. Keep in mind that part of your mortgage payment goes to principle. While your payment each year will be the same, the amount going towards principle and the amount going towards interest will change. Eventually, that $15k payment each year will only be a few thousand worth of interest…at which point there is ZERO tax benefit.