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The majority of people have heard the words remortgages and secured loans but do not know that much about them, what they can be used for, and how long they take to arrange, etc.

The first main thing that must be pointed out, is that both of these are home loans for which only those who have bought their property can apply, as they are both two financial products that require to be secured against the asset of a property.

A remortgage means changing from a current mortgage lender to a new one.

If you think that it sounds sily to move to another provider,well it certainly is not as the new lender may offer you a much better interest rate.

The average person has a mortgage in excess of 100,000, and many homeowners have mortgages of much more than this, with mortgages over one million not being unknown.

As such, even achieving an interest rate of half of one percent less, can have a beneficial affect on a monthly repayment.

It is sometimes a like for like remortgage that is applied for, and sometimes additional funds are raised.

Secured loans do not interfere with the current mortgage, but they rank after the current mortgage which is known as the first mortgage.

That is why, in addition to being called homeowner loans, they are also known as second mortgages. This is exactly what these loans are.

Like remortgages, homeowner loans can be used for the exact same purposes, including being used as debt consolidation loans.

Remortgages come in various types, such as fixed rates, whereby the payment is set at the same for a certain time, of normally between one year up to five years.

The longer the period is fixed, the more expensive the monthly payment is.

It is comforting for a mortgage payer to know how much he must pay for the near future.

Tracker rates are also on the market, and these are cheaper than the fixed product, but can, and in fact will rise when the Bank Of England Base Lending Rate increases which it inevitably will.

Secured loans are more expensive than their cousins, being from about 9% at present, while a tracker remortgage rate starts at less than 2%, if the homeowner has equity of 60% or less on his property.

Secured loans take normally about three weeks to complete, as the applicant, by law, must be granted an eight day cooling off period.

Remortgages take longer to arrange than secured loans, and always take the minimum of a month and often more than this.

The documentation required for both is the same, and that is, proof of residency, identification for all applicants, the last three months bank statements and proof of income.

Those who are self employed need accounts, or an accountant's certificate, when applying for a remortgage.

Self certs are available for secured loans at restricted loan to value.

It is to be hoped that this information will prove useful to people considering taking out a remortgage or homeowner loan.