Dumb Question, I know but, If an owner is selling there home, how do they get the equity from it?
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I do not know as well most about equity. we know what it is, though we do not know what happens with it. Is this money in the owner’s slot or is it only used for their the brand new home purchase. Why do people have Home Equity loans?
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It’s easy, the equity is the value of the home that you have already paid for. It the house sells for $200,000 and you owe $100,00 (doesn’t matter if you only paid $105,000 for it!) then you would get $100,000 at closing minus the real estate commissions, taxes, and any closing costs you may have agreed to pay for the seller. The only way you can get out the equity is to either sell the home or get a "Home Equity" loan on the value of the equity. People get home equity loans for a variety of reasons….to buy a car then the interest is deductible on their taxes, to do a home project, to get the cash out of the property to invest.
Equity is the difference between the amount(s) owed on the property and its fair market or sale value. If someone has a mortgage for $100,000 and sells the house for $250,000, they have equity of $150,000.
Home equity loans allow you to borrow against this ‘equity’ for other uses.
Home owners get the equity when they sell in the form of a check. The house sells for more than they owe on it, and the equity (the difference between what is owed and what it sold for) goes to the seller.
People get HELOCs for all sorts of reasons. Dumb reasons are to pay off their credit card debt or buy a toy. Good reasons are to make improvements to the house that make it more valuable.