A Second charge Mortgage allows you to use any equity you have in your home as security against another loan. It means you will have two mortgages on your home. Equity is the percentage of your property owned outright by you, which is the value of the home minus any mortgage owed on it.

For people struggling with Consumer Debt, taking out a Second Mortgage to pay off Credit Cards can mean lower payments at a lesser interest rate. Resulting in huge savings each month. These savings can be applied to pay down your first mortgage in lump sum payments or in extra monthly payments (which can be applied directly to the principal amount, as long as your current mortgage allows for it) and other debts so you can become debt free faster.

From Start to Finish, getting a Second Mortgage can take as little as a few days to few weeks. Typically it can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days to get Approved for a Second Mortgage. To recieve Cash (funds) an take anywhere from a few days if everything is in order and ready to close, or it can take up to a few weeks, if you just starting to get everything in places like ordering an appriasal and gathering documents. In order to qualify for a Second Mortgage, most lenders will require your loan-to-value ratio be 85 percent or lower. So long as you reach that goal, it doesn't matter whether you've owned your home for five years or five minutes.

You can get a Second Mortgage even with bad credit as long as you have a loan-to-value ratio be 85 percent or lower. This is because you're using your home to guarantee the loan. Lenders like having property as collateral as it security if you were to default on the Second Mortgage but do not like to be in situations where the borrow is in default with payments. To eliminate any doubt in the lenders mind and get Approved, you will need to show some type of proof that you can support the payments and be able to repay back the Second Mortgage amount you are looking to borrow at the end of the term.